Charging van

[Mo Vernon]

Hi,

Our van has been delivered and has no leisure battery has no charge. It’s going to be hard to get to a campsite to charge it so I am wondering if anyone knows if it works to use the UK adaptor to charge at home? If so, a rough estimate of how long it would take would be great as we tried for a couple of hours and it made no difference.

Many thanks,
Mo

 

[SteveR]

Hi, and welcome.

Yes, you can plug in at home. How long to charge depends on how low the charge is; I have no idea from completely flat but would be surprised if it were that discharged from new.
Check the 12v works - i.e. make sure the dealer fitted the 50A fuse - Mine was in the glove box so none of the habitation part was operative

 

[Mo Vernon]

Hi Steve, thanks for this. Yes I have found the 50A fuse in my glovebox. Can I install this or do I need to take it to a dealership?

Thanks

 

[SteveR]

Hi Steve, thanks for this. Yes I have found the 50A fuse in my glovebox. Can I install this or do I need to take it to a dealership?

Thanks

I installed myself. It's a normal blade fuse.
Once you have this inserted you should then be able to use the centre display console and habitation electrics

 

[Mo Vernon]

I installed myself. It's a normal blade fuse.
Once you have this inserted you should then be able to use the centre display console and habitation electrics

Thats great. I can give it a go. Where is your fuse box located? I am trying to find mine as manual states 5 different places but nothing seems obvious

 

[SteveR]

Thats great. I can give it a go. Where is your fuse box located? I am trying to find mine as manual states 5 different places but nothing seems obvious

Yes, there are a number of different fuse boxes. The 50A fuse should go in the fuse box on the side of the left-hand seat (passenger seat assuming UK spec)

 

[SteveR]

Did it work Mo?