hello everybody, I have just bought my first campervan, a second hand Mercedes Vito Marco Polo Westfalia 112 CDI from 2003. It is in very good condition but I am having some problems with the electric system: the batteries are ok, but there must be a leak that is draining the leisure battery, in fact with a fully charged battery, the campervan parked and without using any features, the battery looks like is being used and it drains very fast. any suggestions? many thank to all
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Hi and welcome @Rebecca B
Electrical issues can be very time consuming to trace. There are some very knowledgeable people on this forum who I'm sure will offer you some good advice. I would suggest firstly to double check your leisure batteries to be 100% confident that they are capable of holding charge. Then it is a case of turning absolutely everything off and measuring the drain. If it is ok, gradually turn things back on until you find the consumer that is draining the battery
Electrical issues can be very time consuming to trace. There are some very knowledgeable people on this forum who I'm sure will offer you some good advice. I would suggest firstly to double check your leisure batteries to be 100% confident that they are capable of holding charge. Then it is a case of turning absolutely everything off and measuring the drain. If it is ok, gradually turn things back on until you find the consumer that is draining the battery
many thanks dear Steve for the warm welcome and the kind reply
We have tested the leisure battery by fully charging it then detaching it from all appliances, and since the charge does not drop we thought the battery is not the problem. Do you think that the way to go now is testing the fuses one by one and try to see which one is sucking the battery? In your opinion, is this something that we can do by ourselves with a multimeter or should we rather bring it to a specialised mechanic? many thanks againMy suggestion would be to start with everything disconnected and turn on each consumer one-by-one and test with a multimeter to check which appliance is discharging the battery abnormally.
I would imagine this is something that you may be able to do yourself but obviously depends on how comfortable you are using a multimeter etc. I would try and if you finally end up without success it has cost you nothing except a little time and you can take it to an auto-electrician. At least you will have gained knowledge in the meantime
It is up to you though on how much you do and what you feel comfortable with
I would imagine this is something that you may be able to do yourself but obviously depends on how comfortable you are using a multimeter etc. I would try and if you finally end up without success it has cost you nothing except a little time and you can take it to an auto-electrician. At least you will have gained knowledge in the meantime
It is up to you though on how much you do and what you feel comfortable with