leisure batteries

[HUNTER123]

anygood recommendations for a leisure battery please

 

[RichardHelen262]

Lead, agm or lithium, full members get a discount at Alpha batteries

 

[Robmac]

I'm just swapping to Lithium myself, 2 x 300AH Fogstar.

I'm hoping that these will be the last I ever buy so don't mind spending a bit more on them.

 

[molly 2]

I bought 110 lead carbon from alpha very good spec , worth having a look, or are you thinking of taking the lithium plunge,

 

[Rumour]

We just bought three 110 ah batteries to replace the three Hankook batteries. One was only 11 months old, the other two were nearly 7 years old. They all worked, but the power drop overnight told me that the older ones had lost capacity. (The 11 month old one is in use and fine now) At around £80 each, so £240 for the three, I would have to have three sets of lead acid batteries fail before I reach the cost of Lithium. Plus the upgrade of the controller and charger. Given that they las around 6 years a set, I just don't see the point.

Yes I understand about the longevity and the ability to get more useful juice out of them, but we have never run out of power, even in the winter. So as I don't think I will be driving at the age of 92, I shan't bother. We looked at Alpha, but the were dearer, even with the discount, so we bought elsewhere.

 

[trevskoda]

£140 buys a lith 100 ah unit, but im the same as you and only do a overnight when away, i bought 2 90ah lead acids now over 10 years ago and still do lights and run a 230v small fridge for 24 hrs no bother, when they die i shall go lead carbons saving expensive units to change.

 

[Rumour]

£140 buys a lith 100 ah unit, but im the same as you and only do a overnight when away, i bought 2 90ah lead acids now over 10 years ago and still do lights and run a 230v small fridge for 24 hrs no bother, when they die i shall go lead carbons saving expensive units to change.

I did look at some Lithium that were "cheap" but discounted them because with tech moving so quickly, they are liable to be older generations of these batteries. I may be wrong though. We have Bluetooth on our solar controller, so not worried about the battery having it. One thing I did think of, these three weight a staggering 70kg! Three Lithium would be much lighter, although only 100AH. So if weight was an issue, I would have probably gone to look deeper into the cost of them and the necessary upgrade.

 

[Boris7]

S&G Leisure for Lithium, Solar, inverter etc did a great job.

 

[wildebus]

I did look at some Lithium that were "cheap" but discounted them because with tech moving so quickly, they are liable to be older generations of these batteries. I may be wrong though. We have Bluetooth on our solar controller, so not worried about the battery having it. One thing I did think of, these three weight a staggering 70kg! Three Lithium would be much lighter, although only 100AH. So if weight was an issue, I would have probably gone to look deeper into the cost of them and the necessary upgrade.

Thing with Lead Batteries is weight tells you a lot. I wouldn't actually call 70Kg staggering for 3 x 100Ah decent lead acid Batteries. (The 3 lead carbon batteries I fitted in my previous van were 210Ah a piece and they were 71Kg EACH!)

 

[wildebus]

£140 buys a lith 100 ah unit, but im the same as you and only do a overnight when away, i bought 2 90ah lead acids now over 10 years ago and still do lights and run a 230v small fridge for 24 hrs no bother, when they die i shall go lead carbons saving expensive units to change.

A neighbour was the same ... She has minimal electrical needs but stays off-grid for extended times. needed good reliable batteries, but on a budget so fitted a single 200Ah lead carbon. Long warranty, no charging complications upping the cost and just does the job.