Battery Drain - Redarc Support
Submitted: Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 at 13:25
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Member - bbuzz (NSW)
Hi,
In relation to my last post, the battery drain is gone. My lecko found that the Redarc could have been the culprit as it was taking a while to turn off after stopping the truck.
Emailed Redarc, who RANG me an hour after the email was sent and walked me through the diagnosis, even waiting until I could get the bonnet open.
So, my Redarc is an older model and does take a bit longer to complete its shutdown but it is working properly.
What a really pleasant result from a casual enquiry. One of the country's better organisations and with great products.
I will certainly use them again.
Bill
Reply By: Drew - Karratha - Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 at 20:26
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 at 20:26
I have a Redarc - think it is great - but beware - you can still end up with flat batterys...
I have a 100 series landcruiser with the factory 2 x starting batterys, and added a third, controlled by the Redarc, to run the fridge. The third dropped a cell, which caused the Redarc to continually switch on and off as the alternator ran... Over a couple of days the car took longer to start, until it wouldnt start at all. Turns out the battery with the dropped cell would try to equalise the other 2 as soon as the Redarc 'clicked on'- not allowing the 2 starting batterys to charge.... I replaced the 3rd battery, put all 3 on charge overnight, and now it is all good as new again
So, if you have a dual or triple battery set up and notice the controller constantly clicking on and off,
check for a dropped cell - or if the car takes a couple of extra turns before it fires, do the same...
Drew
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Follow Up By: Dennis Ellery - Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 at 22:28
Thursday, Jul 19, 2012 at 22:28
I assume you have a voltmeter on the dashboard - if this is so, did it not show when the alternator voltage was dragged down by the dud battery?
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Follow Up By: Drew - Karratha - Friday, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:04
Friday, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:04
I only noticed the voltmeter very slightly flicking up and down as the Redarc clicked in and out - that is what made me finally click as to what was happening... The whole thing happened over a couple of days - so I hadnt had my eye on the voltmeter...
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Follow Up By: Dennis Ellery - Friday, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:14
Friday, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:14
Thanks for the info Drew.
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