I've spent some time searching for info on this but to no avail.
So . . . here's the problem, which may in fact not be a problem at all. I have a Projecta IC2500 charging a 200 amp AGM deep cycle battery. All looks OK on the monitor - goes through charge cycle up to 'charged'. We use power for the usual things: TV, lights, gadget charging etc. Before bed we power everything down. THEN, invariably sometime in the early hours of the morning Mr Projecta switches to 'reconditioning'. This is accompanied by a rapidly blinking pair of blue lights turning our home into a disco lookalike - sans music of course.
Question: Is this normal? i.e. that each charge cycle is finished off by 'reconditioning'? Seems illogical to me. If it isn't right, how do I test whether it's the battery or the charger? The battery acts pretty well OK when free camping for a couple of days, so I'm loath to buy a new one and then find out the charger is at fault.
By the way, I've taped over the blinking lights to get a more subtle strobe effect.
I use both a 25amp and 35amp Projecta at work to keep our vehicles up to scratch, battery wise. A normal healthy battery will be charged with out the Projecta going into the reconditioning mode. If it does go into reconditioning mode, it will take about 4 hours to complete its cycle, how ever you have a pretty big battery and it may take longer.
If I was to see the battery going into reconditioning mode then returning to charge and then cycling back again, I would suspect a dud battery. I would disconnect everything from the battery and manually put it on recondition and see how it charges over 24hrs. If the charger then continues to go into the reconditioning cycle, then I think the battery needs to be tested by a battery dealer or a new battery fitted.
Aaaahh! That makes sense . . . I'll try that but I think that as the battery is now 3 years old it may be on its way to the big bank in the sky. I should have mentioned that it was also resurrected from a 'dead flat' condition (7.2v) after not noticing that my reverse monitor had been left on and then leaving the MH for three weeks, under cover (no solar). Le Van is a new MH (to us) and I imagined that the bleep thing was connected to the ignition. Next question is . . . another AGM or lithium . . . Not looking for an answer, just musing . . .
