A to Z Challenge 2012
B is for Battery.
As this blog is about our life in a caravan, I tend to write not only about the caravan, but also our day to day living and what we get upto. But here I will be talking specifically about our battery.
So getting on with it, the battery, or to be more precise a Leisure Battery, different from a normal car battery.
But a word of advice about them.
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We run a 110amp battery which we bought brand new when we bought our caravan. As it has been run down completely flat a couple of times it does not hold it's charge as it used to.
So I suspect that at some stage in the not to distant future we will be sourcing a new one!
Well, hope that clears up any battery queries you may have, and has suitably bored you to death, normal nonsense may well be in my next post!
After reading this post B could also be for Bloody Boring! Batteries - what the hell was I thinking about!
Till later....................
We went on the road for a year, and we learned very quickly that we didn't have enough battery power. We had to buy additional batteries while in transit.
ReplyDeleteNot boring at all some timely information for me. Converting a van and the electrics is something I am still trying to get my head around. It is going to be running some heavy power usage equipment (office on wheels) so working out the requirements is a bit of a strain on my little brain.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the timely reminder. We need to charge our caravan battery in advance of our first outing since January, later this month. Our mover struggles to get the van up onto our front garden which really drains the battery. We need it to get the caravan down onto the road too so we'll hook it up to the house electrics for at least 24 hours to top up the charge otherwise we'll be going nowhere!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the rest of your caravan A-Z.
Hi, well the subject is new to me, since I don't know anything about caravans except the ones that go across a desert with camels, or the ones that contain a bunch of people traveling together in a lot of cars. But learning about new things is never boring. Thanks for the info.
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There's a really good article in the May edition of 'The Caravan Magazine' all about batteries. Basically what it say's is 'Buy cheap buy twice' which I believe in most cases (not all) is very true. Anybody seriously thinking about putting a strain on 12v whilst being off grid for a long time would be advised to read the article before buying as it recommends certain types and brands. Just a thought Jools (and I know,you will know,what I'm talking about). As a civvie I suppose I will have to buy batteries now! My kids are convinced that AA batteries only come in the colour green!
ReplyDeleteBatteries are not boring, We'd be in the dark without them. See, a battery joke!
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Reads like a horror novel! I'm hoping to visit all the blogs on the A-Z Challenge in April.
ReplyDeleteI bought a head torch so I could still read in bed when our campervan's battery died!
ReplyDeleteJe , can you sand me some of those tax payer batteries Im always need ing batteries :-)
ReplyDeleteNot boring article at all jools , maybe slightly technical , but all very useful , and likely explains why i never have any power when i need it :-)
Paul
B is definitely for batteries when it come to caravans. It's amazing to think that people are actually stealing caravan batteries from caravan sites!
ReplyDeleteI feel a lot more people need to read this, very good info! . . . . . .
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