Dead batteries
We recently purchased a 2016 Bailey Autograph Approach based on a Peugeot Boxer. Drove it home (about 200 miles), parked it in storage. Went back to it after a week and the battery was dead, literally. Purchased a new battery from Halfords, fitted and left for 5 days. Flat again so got them to test it and diagnosis was a dead cell. They replaced it and we went through the whole thing again. Yet another dead cell battery. Now have another one but can’t believe we have been that unlucky so am assuming it’s something on the Motorhome causing it.
Doing my head in so if anyone has any clues then please help before I take it back to the vendor!
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Keeping finding a dead cell once the battery is flat would suggest that something is causing the battery to go flat in the first place and the cell is failing as a result. So something is on all the time and drawing power. You just have to find it!
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Have you checked your Control Panel to make sure the cab battery has not be set instead of the leisure battery to provide internal power? Do you have a Solar Panel? If so is it set up to charge both cab and hab batteries? Would batteries develop dead cells in such a short period of time, especially new ones? I could understand them going flat if there was something live attached to them, but dead cells? Are Halfords fitting the right battery? I don't know if you are on Facebook but the Bailey Motorhome Owners Group is very useful for technical info.
David
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It does sound like there is a draw on the battery caused by something. I noticed my battery dropping too quickly in storage, I can monitor the health of both the vehicle and habitation batteries remotely. I caught mine in time, it was a wardrobe interior light I had inadvertently left on not noticing that I’d not shut the door fully.
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