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I don't know about the Spring controllers with charging capability specifically. All the split charge type devices, I am aware of, will not put much back in unless you do lots of miles.hi cheers there are 2 one charges will it put much charge in through out the day
My controller has a scr and it works dead on. My battery is about two years old and I haven't charged it in about 18 months. When I did bring it to charge it, it was full. I do about 200 miles a week including using my van at the weekend so I think that helps.No controllers on the market charge a battery, you need a battery charger for that purpose.
Yes mate, I know things can be set up with a scr but the question the author asked lacked content and detail and seemed to indicate that they thought a controller would charge the battery,My controller has a scr and it works dead on. My battery is about two years old and I haven't charged it in about 18 months. When I did bring it to charge it, it was full. I do about 200 miles a week including using my van at the weekend so I think that helps.
My controller has the scr built in and the new ones can have it already. They didn't when they first come out but I seen a video from spring the other week saying they have them with scr built in again.Yes mate, I know things can be set up with a scr but the question the author asked lacked content and detail and seemed to indicate that they thought a controller would charge the battery,
sometimes as you know people post questions without detail and we can't exactly give an answer with so little detail. ?
Have a look here: https://www.springltd.co/products/23/v11-charging even the v11 could be bought with built in split charge relay!!!No controllers on the market charge a battery, you need a battery charger for that purpose.
Not the controller on it's own though, you need a scr fully wired in otherwise it's just another controller
I believe you can buy spring controllers with different specs, i.e. one with built in split charge relay (extra wires to connect to van battery) , 1 with autoshutoff, to name but 2 variants I am sure @Ian Sheppard has many versions of their controllers that do all sorts of things. The versions with extra capabilities don't seem to be marketed and supplied by as many companies who 're-brand' Spring controllers as the standard ones.Not the controller on it's own though, you need a scr fully wired in otherwise it's just another controller
Yes I appreciate what you are saying and I'm fully aware of the variant's just wanted to put it out there to clarify things, yes one comes with a scr fitted within it, but as you say it needs connecting to the van battery,I believe you can buy spring controllers with different specs, i.e. one with built in split charge relay (extra wires to connect to van battery) , 1 with autoshutoff, to name but 2 variants I am sure @Ian Sheppard has many versions of their controllers that do all sorts of things. The versions with extra capabilities don't seem to be marketed and supplied by as many companies who 're-brand' Spring controllers as the standard ones.
This is true.I Did think about adding a split relay option as well when I ordered my v16 link with wireless mag antenna, but after having a VSR on my last van I just didn’t do enough miles to warrant it.
I bench charge every night and that works great providing you can get a electric cable to your van.
Defo handy for that day ?This is true.
Many years ago we had a leisure battery fail. We were miles away from base and the battery died half way through the job, first my son's side and then mine. We were able to run the engine and complete the job.
Had I not had a VSR on the van we would have had to abandon the job and travel another 20 miles to find a caravan and motor home outlet guaranteed to have stock and buy a new battery. There would have been a strong possibility that we would have to have returned to complete the job either the next day or a couple of days later when our local motor factors had received stock.
For us having the vsr saved us much more than the unit cost that day. We have never experienced the same since but it nice to know we have a fall back.