My battery is now 6 years old and it seems ok as it is trickle charged by way of a 30w portable solar panel left in the window, it shows on average about 70-80% charged. The battery seems ok and starts the unit no,problem, but am I kidding myself?
About 3 years ago the battery went almost flat in storage and I guess it could have been damaged?
Is the average life about 6 years?
Many thanks
Personally I would be looking at changing any battery in any vehicle at about five years, as I said in another thread my bike battery just died with no indication of a problem.
Must add it was a cheap battery fitted by a previous owner.
In 2015 I fitted a Halfords 3 year battery to my Shogun, it's still on it! I do use the vehicle almost daily and a couple of times during winter I do charge it up.
I'm of the view that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. If your battery is working fine and you are having no problems with it, why change it? The battery in my car is an unknown quantity. I have had the car 3 years and I haven't changed the battery. For all I know it could have been on there 6 years before I bought the car, but as long as it still starts ok, I'll leave well alone. Maybe the coming winter will finish it off, who knows.
When it does come to replacement don't make the mistake of thinking that expensive = good and that cheap = poor. Sometimes that is the case, but certainly not always. In my experience quite often an expensive item is just a cheap one with a different label and price-tag. Therefore I tend to go by personal recommendation and reputation rather than by the label and price.
My previous 100ah. Lucas leisure battery lasted me for the best part of 12 years mainly because I kept it charged 24/7 via a smart charger at home and always connected to electric hook up when on site. I only had to replace the leisure battery this year because it was failing to hold a full charge but I wouldn't change the leisure battery just by the amount of years it's been in service. There is no guaranteed as to how long a battery will last but one thing is for sure is the life of a leisure battery will last much longer being charged via a smart charger from a mains electric supply.
Our leisure battery was bought in 2010 and still going strong, like others I do keep it charged, I charge it with a Ctek smart charger at least once a month if I am not using the caravan, had to replace the battery on our 11 year old car in April as it gave up the ghost, as others have said if it is holding its charge why replace
I always keep my leisure battery charged up with my Aldi smart-charger. I take it off the caravan when I'm done with it for winter and bring it inside to be kept charged.
Quote: Originally posted by Paul_B on 05/9/2022
My battery is a lot older than 6 years and is still good, however its always 100%+ charged by the solar panels.
70-80% charged isn't good for a lead acid battery
Sadly leaving the battery for any length of time at 70-80% if it's a lead acid deep cycle or similar is not good and 30watts of solar through a window of a vehicle is also a bad sign as at best its output would be way too low to maintain a decent sized battery. It's worth mentioning the battery technology you have as it's kind of impossible to reply properly without knowing
Also the fact that you mentioned that it had gone almost flat in storage is often quite terminal for that technology, if indeed a lead acid or variation on that.
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Topic: Battery life?
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