When leaving a caravan in storage is it better to leave the battery connected or should it be disconnected. I have this horrible feeling that one day I will go to the 'van and find that there is not enough in the battery to power the motor mover.I could bring the battery home with me and keep it charged on a trickle charge but is this really neccessary.
Your opinions (and I'm sure you'll have them) will be appreciated
Happened to us. Forgot to disconnect our battery and when we went to use the caravan a month later the battery was flat so we couldnt used the motor mover. Turns out i had left the status ariel on, and it had drained the battery. so we diconnect every time now.
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My battery has been in the 'van since the end of February and is absolutely fine. We always switch the isolator switch to "off" when the 'van is in storage.
It's a 110 amp battery which only gets taken out of the caravan once the 'van is laid up for the winter. It's so well behaved I tend to forget it's there........!
Mine's always left connected, provided everything is turned off, then it's not a problem for me. If you have an alarm fitted then you have to leave the battery connected or the alarm will not work. Some have a backup battery, but they won't last more than a few days, if it gets set off, then it will be flat in minutes.
Thanks for your replies and it seems that the general consensus is to disconnect the battery one way or another. I have got an isolator switch but it only isolates the motor mover. I've been to storage today and disconnected the battery it takes a minimal amount of time and I feel better for it.
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Topic: Leave battery connected or not
