venjim
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Hi all,
New to this site and was wondering if I could possibly pick your brains
I have a 2013 Ducato Maxi that I've been working on recently, adding a new solar system / leisure batteries and Automatic Transfer Switch for auto shore supply / battery switchover. My problem is that the actual vehicle battery is draining and I suspect it has something to do with the CBE DS300 distribution board.
I have put together this rudimental diagram showing the setup
The solar side works fine, charging to the set voltage and maintaining it. However, the van battery keeps draining. I have today removed the supply from the van battery to the distro board to determine if it's anything from habitation causing the drain, on doing I noticed that the actual board has a few funky marks on it. There are three supplies drawn from the van battery, one for this board and two others that I have not yet traced.
Looking at the board I guess it switches over automatically depending on what supply voltage is presented to it. I managed to find this image from another post that suggests to remove the ignition trigger wire (D+)? For now I've left the engine battery disconnected to see if it is the board causing the problem.
New to this site and was wondering if I could possibly pick your brains
I have a 2013 Ducato Maxi that I've been working on recently, adding a new solar system / leisure batteries and Automatic Transfer Switch for auto shore supply / battery switchover. My problem is that the actual vehicle battery is draining and I suspect it has something to do with the CBE DS300 distribution board. I have put together this rudimental diagram showing the setup
The solar side works fine, charging to the set voltage and maintaining it. However, the van battery keeps draining. I have today removed the supply from the van battery to the distro board to determine if it's anything from habitation causing the drain, on doing I noticed that the actual board has a few funky marks on it. There are three supplies drawn from the van battery, one for this board and two others that I have not yet traced.
Looking at the board I guess it switches over automatically depending on what supply voltage is presented to it. I managed to find this image from another post that suggests to remove the ignition trigger wire (D+)? For now I've left the engine battery disconnected to see if it is the board causing the problem.
