Good afternoon all. First post to this forum, having only had our 2008 Expanda 16.49.3 for 2 months.
Just had the Expanda in for a general 10k service and was advised that we needed a new deep cycle battery. Not wanting to accept their generic offering, I opted to arrange one myself after return of the van.
Got a Bosch 120ah at a reasonable price and fitted the same yesterday afternoon.
I have just tried charging the battery from our mains supply and note that when I turn the battery switch to the on position (which I believe takes it out of the isolation mode), it blows the battery fuse. I have tried disconnecting the mains power and turning the battery switch on, and it still blows the fuse.
My belief is that there is probably a short circuit somewhere.
Question: any learned people or auto sparkies that can give me a starting point on where I should start looking for the problem? Or should I just book it into my nearest auto electrician?
Thanks in advance.
Simon
Just had the Expanda in for a general 10k service and was advised that we needed a new deep cycle battery. Not wanting to accept their generic offering, I opted to arrange one myself after return of the van.
Got a Bosch 120ah at a reasonable price and fitted the same yesterday afternoon.
I have just tried charging the battery from our mains supply and note that when I turn the battery switch to the on position (which I believe takes it out of the isolation mode), it blows the battery fuse. I have tried disconnecting the mains power and turning the battery switch on, and it still blows the fuse.
My belief is that there is probably a short circuit somewhere.
Question: any learned people or auto sparkies that can give me a starting point on where I should start looking for the problem? Or should I just book it into my nearest auto electrician?
Thanks in advance.
Simon