Can someone please advise on a leisure battery ?

MrsKiteman replied on 29/07/2022 09:47

Posted on 29/07/2022 09:47

Morning all.

I appear to have read that much info over the past few days on leisure batteries that I don't know if I am coming or going.

At the weekend, when the weather was not the best in York, we were on a rally and my 4 year old leisure battery seemed to "die" on the 2nd morning (We drive a 2018 roller team fitted with a Varta 95Ah leisure battery and 120w solar (PWM controller ...... a Victron MPPT has been ordered)).

I fear that the leisure battery now might be goosed.

This weekend I am going to bring the van out of storage, where it has been in full sun, and put a load on the battery (whilst having the solar panel covered up with a blanket) .............. the load I am going to use is my avtex 12v TV which should last on the battery for 5-10 hours.

If it does last, then happy days, I got away with it.

If it doesn't then can someone please advise on a suitable battery.

Once a month during the summer we off grid for the weekend on a rally field, but in the winter we might only do a 1 night pub stop, but even that is rare.

We have full LED lighting, truma blown air, 1 x 12v TV and will be getting a 300/500w inverter to change up my laptop.

I don't want to go down the route of lithium as I will also have the expense of having to get a B2B

Thank you for any advice given

Fozzie replied on 31/07/2022 20:40

Posted on 31/07/2022 20:40

Just to follow on from David's post,I had a AGM battery in my Coachman and never knew then that I had to change any settings on the charger.

Also we rally regularly and had a stand alone 45w suitcase panel solar panel,this was again just clipped onto the battery with again no detriment to the battery.

It was only a few years ago different chargers and charging methods are mentioned.

hitchglitch replied on 01/08/2022 15:03

Posted on 01/08/2022 15:03

Many people say the same but I just wonder, if the battery capacity dropped by 20% how many people would actually notice? Theory says that if you don’t fully recharge a battery at the correct voltage the capacity will decrease faster than designed.

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