I have a 2005 Swift Kontiki 610 Low Profile and just been doing my usual pre winter check. I should say at the outset we are still amateurs re van electrics despite having driven around Europe and the Middle East over the past decade or so. Anyway ,to my surprise, the leisure battery reading was very low and hardly any power when turning the pump on. I suspected the leisure battery/ batteries having died but just to make sure we gave it a 12 hour charge and the readings rose again to around the usual 13.4 . I say around because the readings were fluctuating - 13.4 to 13.2 and then 14.0 etc
We have a solar panel and 2 leisure batteries . The display showed one of the batteries was completely dead .We disconnected the oldest battery suspecting this to be the culprit. However this made no change to the 13.4 reading we were getting on the ECU.We reconnected said battery and then disconnected the 2nd battery but again the ECU reading remained 13.4 . When we subsequently turned on the taps , there was insufficient power from the pump to provide more than a trickle. 10 mins later, the pump was firing up as normal with a strong flow from the taps.
Finally, we disconnected and reconnected the ECU in case this was the cause of the problem. This was because the readings on the ECU were shifting up and down .
So we are at a loss as to the root of the problem .Could anyone suggest what is happening here or suggest what else we should be trying to diagnose the cause of the problem. Thank you in anticipation
We have a solar panel and 2 leisure batteries . The display showed one of the batteries was completely dead .We disconnected the oldest battery suspecting this to be the culprit. However this made no change to the 13.4 reading we were getting on the ECU.We reconnected said battery and then disconnected the 2nd battery but again the ECU reading remained 13.4 . When we subsequently turned on the taps , there was insufficient power from the pump to provide more than a trickle. 10 mins later, the pump was firing up as normal with a strong flow from the taps.
Finally, we disconnected and reconnected the ECU in case this was the cause of the problem. This was because the readings on the ECU were shifting up and down .
So we are at a loss as to the root of the problem .Could anyone suggest what is happening here or suggest what else we should be trying to diagnose the cause of the problem. Thank you in anticipation