mine has one like that and then there is a battery with a grey box near it will post a photo.

Its not my best subject but someone else may be able to tell from a photo if there is a charger fitted, it just occurred to me the reason the battery is low may be the absence of a charger.

OK, popped out and did a pic. This is what Dom has fitted for me and he said it would charge up when on EHU and advised me to charge it up when idle by plugging it in when parked up which I have done. However I have only had it on overnight or for a few hours once or twice a month more in the winter.
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As mentioned Its not my subject by a long way but here is your picture back

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No 1 looks like a power supply from the hookup

No 2 May be a battery charger ?

No 3 I have no idea but the switch on top looks to be in the off position

No 4 obviously is the battery

No 5 looks like an isolater switch for a mover

May be worth contacting Dom to ask for more info

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wonder if the switch box '3' in hobs amended picture is a booster for car charging the leisure battery

is car wired to charge caravan battery and run fridge while towing?

makes me wonder if loo pump works if 13pin plugged into car..


the battery may still be under warranty if found to be at fault, of not holding charge..

The item 3 is a switch that when moved position allowes the electric off the battery to be used when put to the on position, when off nothing inside works to draw power from the battery. If on EHU then the switch doesn't matter as EHU seems to bypass the need to turn the switch to on as it all works off the power.

I shall try a hook up for a 24 hour to charge it up, and see how it loads. Chatting about this to someone he suggest I check if the mover works as that would require far more power to generate than the toilet pump. He also said something technical that was way over me and said that it could be the pump will only work when on EHU and something about AC and DC power supply to the pump.

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He also said something technical that was way over me and said that it could be the pump will only work when on EHU and something about AC and DC power supply to the pump.

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I'm certain its a 12 volt pump, I'm fairly certain mine works when hooked up to the car without the engine running (I E working off the car battery)sure I must have used it in a layby in an emergency a few times.

Will test that in the morning when I hitch up to go home.

Might be worth you trying that to see if it works off the car battery.

Mains is AC battery is DC if that helps you understand better.

Had another look at the first picture ............ the battery has 2 wires on each terminal
The thick red and black will be the high current leads for the mover

The thinner red and black presumably power the internal electrics when not on hookup


i don't see the charger leads going to the battery? have a look see where the wires from No 3 go
There will be a lead between there and No 1 the power supply and another lead providing the charging power I'm probably wrong but its worth a look

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Looking back its just over a year since I was at poppyland last June, I remember you collected the triton a week or two before that. I get my triton serviced once a year so if you have not had a service yet it might be useful to have one, get the whole van checked over and the engineer will go over the battery and charging circuit as part of the service.

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Looking at the charger again there are 2 little battery symbols on the top with led lights next to them a grey one and a white one, if its charging the grey one should be lit the white one I think should come on when fully charged?

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I'm certain its a 12 volt pump, I'm fairly certain mine works when hooked up to the car without the engine running (I E working off the car battery)sure I must have used it in a layby in an emergency a few times.

Will test that in the morning when I hitch up to go home.

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Tested as above, works ok from the car battery

When on EHU the grey battery light is on so it must be charging. Will plug it in for a full day or two to top it up and let you know how I get on. Thanks for the help.

I have as advised looked at the grey box and it is a Reich 12v trickle charger and additional battery. when plugged in to the EHU I have taken the battery reading and even when on that the battery still reads low although it started to jump up within minutes to go to 11.7 and not 11.5 as it was.

I tried the mover when off the EHU and they did rotate which I think is due to the Reich Impulse as it is a direct battery in itself. Now I have tried to leave it on EHU but have put the rocker switch to on to see if that was is in some way isolating the Leisure battery as I have been leaving it turned off when on EHU.

Spoken to Dom who has suggested I check my wiring and a few other pointers to try to resolve the issue as the kit he fitted is all as it should be and highly reliable, so I am wondering if I am not doing something correctly. The battery he fitted was also a really good one that he doubts if it would have failed in such a short time even if discharged due to the battery type it should recharge up OK when I work it out.

This has now gone form a Toilet problem to a Battery problem