Should I remove the leisure battery from my puck?i

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Should I remove the leisure battery from my puck?i

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:16 pm
by DJP (deleted)

Is it worth the extra weight - we don�t have a motor mover and because we don�t have a toilet unlikely to want to wild camp anywhere. The fridge can run on gas and I suspect a solar panel is lightrer

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:21 pm
by Just_Chilin (deleted)

The solar panel only provides power when the sun is shining (and then at varying levels) :)

If you need 12V power of any sort you'll need a battery (because an unregulated solar panel provides a varying voltage and current depending on the suns intensity) :)

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:29 pm
by DJP (deleted)

But if I am connected to hook up I don�t need the battery? Or does the water pump need it?

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:39 pm
by Just_Chilin (deleted)

it's unlikely its a 240Vac powered pump (that the EHU would power directly) although technically possible: more likely it's a 12V dc pump so yes you'd need the battery in that case

Maybe another member can advise if 240V ac pumps are ever fitted? - I wouldnt have thought so for safety reasons

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Jul 19, 2021 9:20 pm
by eribaMotters •

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I removed the battery from my previous Eriba as I wanted a greater payload. A while later I replaced the halogen bulbs with leds and had a slight flicker issue. The 12v side of the Eriba electrics does not have a smooth output and can give these issues. I then fitted a small Yuasa battery, 7 amp I think. These are commonly used in emergency lighting circuits and did a perfect job of smoothing the current at very little weight and financial cost. With the low current draw of my leds I could also have in theory been fine on lights for a weekend without hook up. I held the battery into place by cutting a piece of ply to fit snugly around it and dropped this into the original battery holder.

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Colin

aka Oscar - Audi A3 1.5 petrol _ ex 430, 552, camplet trailer tent, 310, now a nice white 2017 430.

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Jul 19, 2021 9:28 pm
by eribanaut •

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Colin, You can get round the "flicker" problem by fitting AC/DC LED's.
No you don't need a battery for 12v, my Troll has never had one and the 12v lights and pump work fine as does the fridge light and fans.
Dave

Skoda Kodiaq 2.0 150 Tdi DSG Troll 552 - 2005
Don't worry about the destination, enjoy the journey.

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Jul 19, 2021 9:40 pm
by eribaMotters •

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I used the AC/DC leds but believe that when using one led light the current draw was below the minimum output of the factory transformer set-up. With two or more lights on I had no problems. I was also about to run a small tv on 12v and had been warned that some tv's did not take kindly to the rough output, hence another reason for the small battery.

Colin

aka Oscar - Audi A3 1.5 petrol _ ex 430, 552, camplet trailer tent, 310, now a nice white 2017 430.

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:11 pm
by DJP (deleted)

Can i simply replace the existing large battery with the smaller 7amp? Like changing a bulb, or do I need to add something else?

As in disconnect the + and. - and slot a smaller battery in?

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in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:31 pm
by eribaMotters •

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Yes, just a simple replacement. If you look in the photos you will see I ran two leads from the battery terminal clamps to my new battery. I then fixed the old terminal claps in place so they could not move about.
I needed to get a couple of crimp/push on fittings for the new battery terminals and I fitted an in-line fuse on each lead. I cannot remember what rating these were though.

Colin

aka Oscar - Audi A3 1.5 petrol _ ex 430, 552, camplet trailer tent, 310, now a nice white 2017 430.

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