Thread: D4 flat battery......again.

Hmmm - sounds somewhat familiar! It might be worth reviewing some of the discussion & suggestions in this thread:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...batteries.html

Not that it's much help in your situation, fatnold, with the roof tent etc - but the last time I camped in one spot for 5 days with camper trailer (after posting the thread listed above) I shifted most gear from the D4 to the trailer and limited door opening to twice a day. No "low battery" warnings - but also not much use to you! Sorry...

Took the wife and billy lids to the drive-in over Christmas (yes, we still have drive-ins in Vic).
Anyway, we closed the doors, hit the button and turned the radio on to listen to the movie. After a while it automatically turned off. So I hit the button again and the radio comes back on. This procedure went on for quite a while until the car asked me to turn the ignition on as my battery was almost flat.
Spoke with the guys at LR and was informed that the D4 is more sensitive to power overuse, therefore the radio is the first thing that will shut down.
From now on, it looks like I will have to take a portable radio and use my inverter via the second battery 12 Volt outlet.
Bit of a bugger when you spend over $90K on a state of the art 4by and you cant listen to the radio for too long without having to run the engine
Cheers, Craig

Craig, what dual battery set up do you have fitted?

Originally Posted by drivesafe

Craig, what dual battery set up do you have fitted?

The Redarc. Was done by my local auto electrician. Apart from the drive-in episode, it hasn't let me down. The fridge has been running 24/7 for over 12 months now.
Cheers, Craig

Originally Posted by Disco4SE

The Redarc. Was done by my local auto electrician. Apart from the drive-in episode, it hasn't let me down. The fridge has been running 24/7 for over 12 months now.
Cheers, Craig

Thanks Craig, I thought you had one of mine and as such, you shouldn’t have been getting low battery problems in such a short time.

It sound like your Redarc is fine.

Originally Posted by roamer

Hi Tim
A little bit less than 0.2A (lowest range only goes down to 6A) ,interior lights off, [door lights are LEDs (can't turn off)]
I don't think these batteries are very good,if I disconnect my aux battery, and turn radio on with in 10mins, get signal to start engine.
Cheers Ken

Thanks Ken, at a 0.2 amp drain, the battery should last for weeks, not hours.

I’ll see if my wife’s 2.7lt D4 works the same way and do some testing.

Cheers, Tim.

I'm assuming the D3 isn't having this problem, as knowone with a D3 has posted as yet.

Baz.

Baz, Never happened with my D3......or D2....or D1.

Disco4SE. yep, had that happen as well.