Life of leisure batteries

Hedgehurst replied on 17/10/2018 22:36

Posted on 17/10/2018 22:36

Bitter experience is that modern car batteries often work very well right up until they suddenly keel over and die, rather than the previous generation which sort of pined away for a while first. This was a nuisance but at least gave some warning.

Do Leisure batteries do the same? And how long do they tend to last, please?

We had a nice shiny new Leisure Battery, 110 Ah rating, with our 2nd hand caravan two years ago. So far it's always charging up nicely and the little indicator spot is showing green for healthy, so all seems well, but I'm wondering whether at some point it'll copy that car battery habit of sudden death at a vital moment. (Probably when we're miles from anywhere!)

What's your experience?

Thanks.

hitchglitch replied on 19/10/2018 19:30

Posted on 18/10/2018 22:04 by Hedgehurst

Thanks all, that's very reassuring!

It usually gets used on EHU, and when we're off-grid we have a solar panel to charge it. I suspect the onboard charger is fairly basic, but I have a smarter one for use at home, and the battery gets taken out & gets plumbed into that when we're not using it for long periods.
Let's hope it's as good as yours!

Posted on 19/10/2018 19:30

You are doing all the right things.

As others have said, despite the publicity by John Wickersham and others it seems that it is still difficult to guarantee a decent life from a leisure battery. My experience with golf trolley batteries is much the same. Lead acid anywhere between 2 and 5 years and my lithium with a 5 year guarantee (they never fail my pro said) lasted 2years.

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