Breakaway Battery Issues

Submitted: Sunday, Feb 08, 2015 at 17:13
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Hello Everyone,
Have a dual battery set up in the Prado with a DC-DC charger all working fine. Fitted a new battery to the breakaway unit to the van Breakaway 5000 which is being charged by the in house batteries of the van. When the van is idle the van's batteries are being charged on 240 volt smart charger 90% of the time.
By the way there is a breakaway Battery monitor fitted inside the Prado.
The issue is before heading off with van checked the breakaway battery all good DC-DC charge charging house batteries all good. Green light comes on the breakaway monitor when the foot brake is applied After a hours trip mostly open road and coming back though town, braking and so on the red light comes on with beeping sound indicating the breakaway battery has an issue.
Returned home and checked the breakaway battery low on power van house batteries good, checked connections all good, charge rate good.
I am lost for any more ideas.
Is it possible the breakaway battery won't hold charge, you would hardly think applying the brakes maybe 20 times would flatten the breakaway battery.
Any suggestions would be very helpful as the van goes in for a roadworthy next week and this issue has be rectified before hand.
Thank You
Allan
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