The Auto-Sleeper Motorhome Owners Forum (ASOF)
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

+2
artheytrate
andy f
6 posters

Go down

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB Empty 2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

Post by andy f Mon Sep 05, 2016 8:19 pm

Has anyone fitted a 2nd leisure battery to a Broadway FB just wondering which would be the best way to do it so it intergrates with the rest of the Sargent system
thanks
andy f
andy f
Member
Member

Male

Posts : 23
Joined : 2013-11-05
Member Age : 64
Location : Leyland lancshire
Auto-Sleeper Model : Broardway fb

Back to top Go down

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB Empty Re: 2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

Post by artheytrate Mon Sep 05, 2016 8:51 pm

I fitted a second leisure battery to our Broadway EB under the seat where original is fitted.
I then went into the Sargent control panel and altered the 105 amp setting to 210amp setting.

John.
artheytrate
artheytrate
Member
Member

Male

Posts : 705
Joined : 2014-01-19
Member Age : 74
Location : Stoke on Trent or Benidorm
Auto-Sleeper Model : None
Vehicle Year : 2017

Back to top Go down

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB Empty Re: 2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

Post by andy f Mon Sep 05, 2016 9:05 pm

Just looking at the Sargent info now did you connect the 2 batteries together through a fuse I presume you got 2nd battery identical to the original.
Or does it not matter as the charger sorts it out.
Thanks
Andy
andy f
andy f
Member
Member

Male

Posts : 23
Joined : 2013-11-05
Member Age : 64
Location : Leyland lancshire
Auto-Sleeper Model : Broardway fb

Back to top Go down

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB Empty Re: 2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

Post by artheytrate Mon Sep 05, 2016 9:35 pm

Yes I got Identical make and ampage, and yes to fuse same as on original battery.

John.

Ps 
I had to alter the position of original battery to make space for second one.
artheytrate
artheytrate
Member
Member

Male

Posts : 705
Joined : 2014-01-19
Member Age : 74
Location : Stoke on Trent or Benidorm
Auto-Sleeper Model : None
Vehicle Year : 2017

Back to top Go down

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB Empty Re: 2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

Post by markwhittam Sun Nov 27, 2016 9:57 pm

artheytrate wrote:Yes I got Identical make and ampage, and yes to fuse same as on original battery.

John.

Ps 
I had to alter the position of original battery to make space for second one.
Hello, apart from changing the amp settings on the control panel was there any other changes made to the electrical system?  Did you have to re-calibrate the reading for the battery monitor too? 

I'm thinking of adding another to my Malvern but worried about the warranty if I did. 

Thanks Mark.
markwhittam
markwhittam
Member
Member

Male

Posts : 43
Joined : 2016-11-27
Member Age : 58
Location : Northamptonshire
Auto-Sleeper Model : Malvern, now Kingham
Vehicle Year : 2022

Back to top Go down

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB Empty Re: 2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

Post by artheytrate Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:32 am

markwhittam wrote:
artheytrate wrote:Yes I got Identical make and ampage, and yes to fuse same as on original battery.

John.

Ps 
I had to alter the position of original battery to make space for second one.
Hello, apart from changing the amp settings on the control panel was there any other changes made to the electrical system?  Did you have to re-calibrate the reading for the battery monitor too? 

I'm thinking of adding another to my Malvern but worried about the warranty if I did. 

Thanks Mark.
Set your ampage, charge your batteries fully and reading should be 100% if not reset to 100%.

John.
artheytrate
artheytrate
Member
Member

Male

Posts : 705
Joined : 2014-01-19
Member Age : 74
Location : Stoke on Trent or Benidorm
Auto-Sleeper Model : None
Vehicle Year : 2017

Back to top Go down

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB Empty Re: 2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

Post by Libraryman2 Mon Nov 28, 2016 3:12 pm

Hi, reading this thread has prompted me to ask a related question! I'm not intending to encroach on the thread but it is related.

If one wants to remove or disconnect the leisure battery, are there any guidelines to be followed?
I.e. Remove Negative first etc...

Ray
Libraryman2
Libraryman2
Member
Member

Male

Posts : 985
Joined : 2016-03-03
Member Age : 71
Location : Blythe Bridge Staffordshire
Auto-Sleeper Model : Corinium FB
Vehicle Year : 2017

Back to top Go down

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB Empty Re: 2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

Post by artheytrate Mon Nov 28, 2016 3:25 pm

I would turn off all the 12 volt supply at psu, and as you say remove negative first.

John.
artheytrate
artheytrate
Member
Member

Male

Posts : 705
Joined : 2014-01-19
Member Age : 74
Location : Stoke on Trent or Benidorm
Auto-Sleeper Model : None
Vehicle Year : 2017

Back to top Go down

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB Empty Re: 2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

Post by markwhittam Mon Nov 28, 2016 3:36 pm

artheytrate wrote:Set your ampage, charge your batteries fully and reading should be 100% if not reset to 100%.

John.

Thanks, I'll bear it in mind when I come to upgrade. up!
markwhittam
markwhittam
Member
Member

Male

Posts : 43
Joined : 2016-11-27
Member Age : 58
Location : Northamptonshire
Auto-Sleeper Model : Malvern, now Kingham
Vehicle Year : 2022

Back to top Go down

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB Empty Re: 2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

Post by Libraryman2 Mon Nov 28, 2016 4:13 pm

Cheers John, glad I asked, I wouldn't have generally thought of turning the PSU off

Ray
Libraryman2
Libraryman2
Member
Member

Male

Posts : 985
Joined : 2016-03-03
Member Age : 71
Location : Blythe Bridge Staffordshire
Auto-Sleeper Model : Corinium FB
Vehicle Year : 2017

Back to top Go down

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB Empty Re: 2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

Post by PLOUGHLIN Mon Nov 28, 2016 5:18 pm

Does turning the PSU switch off isolate the 12v system? I thought it switched off the ehu side/charger as do the CB switches. Seems to on my EC328.

_________________
Peter L
PLOUGHLIN
PLOUGHLIN
Donator
Donator

Male

Posts : 4879
Joined : 2014-06-24
Member Age : 54
Location : NORTH HERTS
Auto-Sleeper Model : MB Gloucester
Vehicle Year : 2011

Back to top Go down

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB Empty Re: 2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

Post by artheytrate Mon Nov 28, 2016 6:29 pm

On the EC500, I'm pretty sure it disables the12volt system because the display panel shuts down and nothing 12 volt works.
That's how it works on my 2014 Broadway EB.

John.
artheytrate
artheytrate
Member
Member

Male

Posts : 705
Joined : 2014-01-19
Member Age : 74
Location : Stoke on Trent or Benidorm
Auto-Sleeper Model : None
Vehicle Year : 2017

Back to top Go down

2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB Empty Re: 2nd leisure battery on Broadway FB

Post by ajrm Tue Dec 13, 2016 4:47 pm

I fitted 2 more 110ah batteries next to the original battery in our Broadway FB. I fitted them in parallel so didn't need to change any settings in the Sargent control panel.
I had to remove the plastic box from the original battery so I could fit the others in. Just make sure you fuse all the batteries and vent all of them through the hole in the floor.

_________________
Ex Autosleeper Broadway FB owner, now driving a Burstner Lyseo Harmony Line Ti 736
ajrm
ajrm
Member
Member

Male

Posts : 595
Joined : 2013-06-17
Member Age : 69
Location : Brittany
Auto-Sleeper Model : Ex 2013 Broadway FB
Vehicle Year : 2018

Back to top Go down

Back to top

- Similar topics

 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum