barryd
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Back in September I posted about my 125ah leisure battery being on the way out towards the end of our trip. Of course I never replaced it as it was getting to the time to be on EHU anyway.
I did some tests yesterday and over 4 hours running 1.5 amps (TV and two lights) it dropped from fully charged to 12.3 under load to 12.4 after I switched off the load so I think its on its way out. Thats just six amp hours.
We have a big trip to do so I reckon its best to replace it now than on the road. Its seven years old.
I really want one of these from Alpha but if you read the link towards the bottom its likely my 2009 charger will not charge it to its full capacity although my MPPT controller might.
Any ideas what to go for? Not interested in expensive lithium. Just a maintenance free battery that will serve us as well as this one has for the past seven years.
I did some tests yesterday and over 4 hours running 1.5 amps (TV and two lights) it dropped from fully charged to 12.3 under load to 12.4 after I switched off the load so I think its on its way out. Thats just six amp hours.
We have a big trip to do so I reckon its best to replace it now than on the road. Its seven years old.
I really want one of these from Alpha but if you read the link towards the bottom its likely my 2009 charger will not charge it to its full capacity although my MPPT controller might.
Any ideas what to go for? Not interested in expensive lithium. Just a maintenance free battery that will serve us as well as this one has for the past seven years.