Thread: D4 battery question

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

One of those Jaycar ciggy lighter should show the voltage.
Tonight I put warm beers/wine/champ in the engel for the easter trip,ciggy lighter was reading 12.4V with the engel on freeze.Put the CTek on the aux battery,charge went up to 13.4v on the ciggy lighter.
I like to run the engel on fridge/freeze for a couple of days before a trip with the CTek connected.Gets all the drinks ice cold,I put some ice bottles in the freezer compartment.Tends to use less power whilst away if its fully cooled down before the trip.
Andrew

Makes sense Andrew but wouldn't you plug the Engel into mains power for the freezing/chilling phase? Why use the car system when there is a 240v power point in the carport? i also read that running the Engel in the car while the CTEK is on is not best practice, something about the cycling of the Engel disturbing the readings of the charger and preventing it from moving through the charge cycle. ?

Originally Posted by JamesH

Makes sense Andrew but wouldn't you plug the Engel into mains power for the freezing/chilling phase? Why use the car system when there is a 240v power point in the carport? i also read that running the Engel in the car while the CTEK is on is not best practice, something about the cycling of the Engel disturbing the readings of the charger and preventing it from moving through the charge cycle. ?

Yep. Before going on a trip, I load the fridge and run overnight on 240V mains power, then just switch to 12V when about to leave.

When at home and only using the Disco on short runs around town, I plug the CTek into the Anderson plug at the back of the car and leave on overnight once every couple of months or so - this tops up the charge in all three batteries - but I never run the fridge while doing this.

Mine is the 25amp version,it went thru the charge cycle ok last night when I put it on,went up to the 3/4 level within 15 mins,was on float this morning when I checked,its the way Ive always done it.
Andrew.

Only 1 power connection to worry about James.
Just checked it now.Battery sitting on 13.8V and the Engel compressor was running,-21degC in the freezer,charger in float.
Andrew

Originally Posted by aus86inch

I to have problems with the low battery start engine warning. I had the software update done (LTB00667v2) but after the vehicle sitting idle for the last 7 days the message appeared again this morning.
The dealer near Brisbane city did not want to do the upgrade but instead blamed my Traxide Dual battery system, they even put it on paper saying the smart charger appears to be stuck always charging Aux battery at 12.4V.
What was the software update number you got Andy
Also if you read this Tim what do you think?

Just went looking for the paperwork,wasnt in the wallet where I expected it to be.I distinctly remember passing it to Deb and asking her to put it in there when we picked it up from the service.Will see if I can find it in the house
Andrew

A bit off topic,apologies to the OP

The concreter who has been doing some work for us has a late model ranger.It doesn't get used a lot,and he was have trouble with flat batteries,low charged battery,etc.

While on holidays in the NT,he had a guy change some software in the vehicle,and has never had a battery issue since.The change was done 12 months ago.

Maybe someone could develop one for the D3/4.
But the way LR do things,if a change was made it would probably cause all sorts of issues.

Originally Posted by aus86inch

I to have problems with the low battery start engine warning. I had the software update done (LTB00667v2) but after the vehicle sitting idle for the last 7 days the message appeared again this morning.
The dealer near Brisbane city did not want to do the upgrade but instead blamed my Traxide Dual battery system, they even put it on paper saying the smart charger appears to be stuck always charging Aux battery at 12.4V.
What was the software update number you got Andy
Also if you read this Tim what do you think?

Aus.I found my reciept,where I left it,was less than 1 meter away from the puter all this time

There isnt a number for the upgrade on the reciept,it says."Carried out fault tracking for low battery light coming on.Tested battery,all OK.Carried out Gateway Module Software upgrade,customer to monitor"
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Carried out Gateway Module Software upgrade,customer to monitor

I think it's this one Andrew:
TSB LTB-00667-NAS-1 or TSB LTB00667v2
Gateway module (gwm) software issue

I noted a VIN range of 698741-726591 when this was written up in a previous thread.
This is the same TSB mentioned by aus86inch

Scott