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 ·  Posted: 16.06.2014  ·  #1
Hello everyone our leisure batteries have came to the end of their life. When I pulled out the battery compartment drawer a sticker on it said gel batteries only (adria vision) does anyone know why this would be! Many thanks Nicholas
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 ·  Posted: 16.06.2014  ·  #3
Adria electronics apparently need Gel Batteries or so I'm told. They won't work on ordinary Leusure a Batteries.
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 ·  Posted: 17.06.2014  ·  #4
My adria is running on wet batteries jack, it's 2001, a battery gives 12.6v weather it wet or gel but they do have different charging patterns,

Adria may have got a back hander to put the gel only sticker there ;-)

As far as I know the gel does not need annual maintenance where the wet does :up:
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 ·  Posted: 17.06.2014  ·  #5
I'm by no means an expert on this but when I bought my van that's what I was told.
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 ·  Posted: 17.06.2014  ·  #6
Wet batteries give off hydrogen which has to be vented away. Gel batteries don't (AFAIK)

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 ·  Posted: 17.06.2014  ·  #7
I fitted 2 wet Platinum + Leisure batteries to an Adria Matrix 4 weeks ago after removing 2 the same that were past it. and there are no complaints of any description. :up:
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 ·  Posted: 17.06.2014  ·  #8
Well if Willie says so that's it settled. I wa sonly passing on what I was told when I bought the van.
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 ·  Posted: 17.06.2014  ·  #9
Rang hagans today (although that's not where van was bought) the guy said only difference between gel and wet battery is cost and a longer warranty so told me wet is ok.
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 ·  Posted: 17.06.2014  ·  #10
Also forgot to ask could I change batteries over myself, is it difficult to do? Have read about switches needing to be changed in fuse box - is it a straightforward enough job? Many thanks Nicholas
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 ·  Posted: 17.06.2014  ·  #11
think the hydrogen batteries last longer. is this true?
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 ·  Posted: 17.06.2014  ·  #12
You can change them yourself, it's usually a case of quick release fasteners, just take the positive (red) one off first and fit it first to the new one. Don't know about switches as every van has a different way it handles things like batteries, if you ring michelinman ( willie) he sells batteries etc and could help you out or any one of our other sponsors
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 ·  Posted: 23.06.2014  ·  #13
On the Vision it's a doddle , they have the batteries in a drawer on the LHS . They use a standard Electrobloc , works perfectly with Wet batteries , abd they last longer .
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 ·  Posted: 27.06.2014  ·  #14
Many thanks everyone
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