Best type of leisure battery?

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Lucky you, I had my batteries fitted today locally (Worcester) by a ‘so called’ expert at a cost of £150 ! And I supplied the batteries !, he didn’t even change the cabling which was why I went to a specialist in the first place so all he did was lift 2 out and lift 2 in ! I’m moving to Scotland .
 
guerdeval said:
Lucky you, I had my batteries fitted today locally (Worcester) by a ‘so called’ expert at a cost of £150 ! And I supplied the batteries !, he didn’t even change the cabling which was why I went to a specialist in the first place so all he did was lift 2 out and lift 2 in ! I’m moving to Scotland .
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No mission of getting that of me, on second thoughts i will start doing it for discount of £135 and also have a smile on my face. 😂
 
guerdeval said:
Lucky you, I had my batteries fitted today locally (Worcester) by a ‘so called’ expert at a cost of £150 ! And I supplied the batteries !, he didn’t even change the cabling which was why I went to a specialist in the first place so all he did was lift 2 out and lift 2 in ! I’m moving to Scotland .
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You don’t need to with a van, you can drive there 😂😂
 
Goodmorning I am tapping on to this post as I see a loy of good advise.
I have a 2008 Autocruise Stargaser and need to replace the leisure batteries. We are not heavy users as no tv, just the fitted appliance and use lighting infrequently. Very railey do we have an EHU as a 90w solar keeps us toped up. Our largest energy user is a 150w inverter to charge ebike battery.
I am considering a Leoch Adventurer SFL-85 sealed leisure battery.
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Because of this, we put all of our resources into getting you new battery out to you as quickly as humanly possible. Capacity (C100)85 Ah. In the vast majority of cases, yes it is! We will always help you to have a 100% positive happy buying experience.
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My space only allows a length of 260mm unless I move about.
I have read postings regarding different type of batteries i,e, litheum, lead carbon etc and am a bit confused.
Would be grateful to receive advice and suggestions
 
Ultimately battery choice will depend on many factors mainly how you camp, existing equipment and budget. I think most of the pros and cons of the battery types have been covered previously but IMHO I can't see the point in using a conventional lead acid battery unless you can obtain one cheaply for whatever reason. Lifepo4 have really reduced in price recently and are no longer an ultra premium choice, if your current mains charger has a lithium profile available and you spend most of your time on site then going for a cheap lithium (less than £200) could be an option but it'll charge quite slowly from the alternator, so ideally you'll need to buy and fit a B2B charger which really increases the total spend. In that case going for a lead carbon will probably give you longer life than the adventurer.
Search Tayna and Alpha for lead carbon, both sites give battery dimensions. You can get a WC discount from Alpha (I think) and if you're a member of CAMC you can get a discount for Tayna. Cheap and cheerful Lifepo4 can be had from Amazon, last time I looked you could get a 100Ah for £180. Often you can increase the battery compartment size, older MHs have a plastic box with a vent to outside which isn't needed with modern sealed batteries so this can be removed, also there's often some floor insulation under the battery that can be removed to increase the available size, also most AGM and lithium batteries can be laid on their side if that helps, check with manufacturers just to be sure.
 
merl said:
Ultimately battery choice will depend on many factors mainly how you camp, existing equipment and budget. I think most of the pros and cons of the battery types have been covered previously but IMHO I can't see the point in using a conventional lead acid battery unless you can obtain one cheaply for whatever reason. Lifepo4 have really reduced in price recently and are no longer an ultra premium choice, if your current mains charger has a lithium profile available and you spend most of your time on site then going for a cheap lithium (less than £200) could be an option but it'll charge quite slowly from the alternator, so ideally you'll need to buy and fit a B2B charger which really increases the total spend. In that case going for a lead carbon will probably give you longer life than the adventurer.
Search Tayna and Alpha for lead carbon, both sites give battery dimensions. You can get a WC discount from Alpha (I think) and if you're a member of CAMC you can get a discount for Tayna. Cheap and cheerful Lifepo4 can be had from Amazon, last time I looked you could get a 100Ah for £180. Often you can increase the battery compartment size, older MHs have a plastic box with a vent to outside which isn't needed with modern sealed batteries so this can be removed, also there's often some floor insulation under the battery that can be removed to increase the available size, also most AGM and lithium batteries can be laid on their side if that helps, check with manufacturers just to be sure.
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Thanks for your advice. I purchased two 70w AGM batteries from Tayna and very impressed by theirr service. Havec spent today fitting and will see how it goes
 
mariesnowgoose said:
I know, I did ponder a bit before posting! 😂😎

Looking to visit Ireland and Europe later this year and next, Harold, so might need more than just a leisure battery in the longer term.

It’s a 20 year old original Autosleeper with no modifications or additions like solar etc. 🤔
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I'd get a lead acid and spend the money on a 100watt solar panel and decent MPPT controller Marie, it's a fairly easy DIY if you can get to the roof and wire a plug, on less wire to mess with, and loads of DIY videos on YouTube.
 
shortcircuit said:
Thanks for your advice. I purchased two 70w AGM batteries from Tayna and very impressed by theirr service. Havec spent today fitting and will see how it goes
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Only 300 cycles compared to a moderen lead carbon doing 1300/1500 cycles and can be left psc for a while.
 
Being weened on lead acid batteries I was a bit cocerned that my charge voltage shows 14.3 v which after some searching I understand is OK. I have made no adjustments to the fitted Autocruise charger which states a 2 stage 25A.
Does this sound ok?
 
mariesnowgoose said:
I know, I did ponder a bit before posting! 😂😎

Looking to visit Ireland and Europe later this year and next, Harold, so might need more than just a leisure battery in the longer term.

It’s a 20 year old original Autosleeper with no modifications or additions like solar etc. 🤔
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Ireland's bumpy by roads won't do ur old shocks any good skakin' us to bits right now
 
Robmac said:
600-1000 for AGM Trevand up to 8-10 years.

I'm looking at new batteries at the moment.
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The original battery in our van was a 85ah(?) Banner AGM, when 8 y.o. thought it prudent to replace and got a pair of lead/acid Varta LFD75's, 5 years later these are on their last legs, meanwhile BiL has been using and abusing the Banner on the tractors and it's only just giving up. I'll certainly be giving lithium consideration as a replacement.
 
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