Battery maintenance

[dom14]

Anything above 0.05A(50mA) is generally considered an electrical leak/short circuit somewhere.
I think some modern cars can be exceptions.
One good way to cook the meter during this test is to turn headlights on.
Hopefully the safety fuse in the meter kicks in before the cooking.

BTW, Macka, I reckon it's worth considering your post above in "RB30 facts, figures & helpful figures" thread with a heading like
"how to find and electrical leak" etc. I know it's not exclusive to RB30, but will help generally anybody, I reckon.
There are good youtube videos on this subject, but generally not many clearly, compactly written guides.
I like EricTheCarGuy videos. He's a no bull and entertaining automotive educational video maker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF1gijj03_0
I learnt to do the parasitic draw test for the first time from the above video.

[Chimo]

Malgreen

I have start and house batteries in the boat and of course good start batteries in the GQ and our other vehicles.
I have been using 5 and 6 amp chargers in the boat for years (Batteries are approx 8 yrs old now) but both on timers so they only run for a hour or so each day when the boat is just sitting.

You could try something similar OR

I also have a Ctek M300 25 amp charger which by the way comes with one of the .8 amp trickle chargers. The M300 is the way to go if your serious as they have a 5 year warranty whereas the others are a fair bit shorter. The guy I dealt with also will make up short extra cables with anderson plug connections with clips for normal battery charging for a reasonable extra cost. He did what he said and posted all the gear that was delivered to the door in a couple of days. The bigger Ctek will give tired batteries a good little tickle up too. http://store.rvtek.com.au/battery-ch...s-accessories/ Talk to Mike and tell him what I got and ask him if he has had his PSA checked ? 07 31170757


Cheers
Chimo

PS What I forgot to say was if your battery was mine I would give it a run on the M300 while your there and then plug the maintenance .8 one in, which is a four step charger by the way; while your away, but perhaps the best advice would be to ask Mike if you talk to him.

[Malgreen]

ok guys thanks for the info..
lots of good info here.
Chimo.
i will Mike a buzz and have a chat with him,, thanks for that