Leisure battery not charing

niklas941 · Jan 3, 2022

Hi all,

I am having a little bit struggle with my GC600. I have used it for 1 week without electricity and noticed that the leisure battery was not charging while driving. The boost button on the dashboard does not work either now when the battery is dead.
Right now its plugged in with electricity and it seems like it doesn't charge up as each time I am trying to do something on the control panel I get a warning that the leisure battery is empty.

Do you have any suggestions what I could try?

Thanks a lot!!

//Niklas

yossarian · Jan 3, 2022

For starters you might want to get hold of a multimeter and have a look at battery voltage. The GC electrical setup can be difficult to diagnose from the data available on the panel.

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NeillyG · Jan 3, 2022

My leisure battery had gone flat. I hooked it up to the house and it took a long time before the battery started holding any charge. I had driven a bit as well but no real charge gained in battery. Had to charge it for over 24hours before it got to 80% plus. It was still saying low or no battery after 4-5 hours hooked up. Think the colder weather makes it take longer too.

niklas941 · Jan 3, 2022

NeillyG said:
My leisure battery had gone flat. I hooked it up to the house and it took a long time before the battery started holding any charge. I had driven a bit as well but no real charge gained in battery. Had to charge it for over 24hours before it got to 80% plus. It was still saying low or no battery after 4-5 hours hooked up. Think the colder weather makes it take longer too.

Thanks! We had nearly -20 degrees some days as I had a trip to a ski resort for a week in the north Sweden (lived in a friends house). I will try to charge it now for a few days and see if something happens.

far.landscape · Jan 3, 2022

niklas941 said:
Hi all,

I am having a little bit struggle with my GC600. I have used it for 1 week without electricity and noticed that the leisure battery was not charging while driving. The boost button on the dashboard does not work either now when the battery is dead.
Right now its plugged in with electricity and it seems like it doesn't charge up as each time I am trying to do something on the control panel I get a warning that the leisure battery is empty.

Do you have any suggestions what I could try?

Thanks a lot!!

//Niklas

I have a related thread on this is you search on the forum. Long story, but tl;dr, only a firmware update at the dealer could fix it. Meanwhile I got a Bluetooth battery monitor which is still really useful. Details also on that thread.