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PersonHaich
19/7/2016 at 10:58pm
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Hello my battery has died it only seems to charge up to half but when turn 1 light on it drops straight down into the red

I have an Avondale Argos 1994 5 berth with no mover what would be the the better battery to get.

Cheers H


Personbirdman101
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With no mover a 80ah leisure battery will be sufficient


PersonHaich
20/7/2016 at 7:22am
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Thank you


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The choice of battery , in addition to its size will depend on the type of caravanning you do. If you are nearly always on an EHU then it can be a cheap technology battery and does not need to be of very large capacity.

If you are an off EHU user things change greatly in that you need a battery of a much more expensive technology, of decent quality and as large as physically practical.

For the latter you need a true Leisure battery, not to be confused with a battery labelled as a "leisure" battery; largely price and definitely weight will give you a good bit of the info to separate between the two.
If you are in this camp:
Brands to trust are Banner, Exide and Varta; there is a lot of poor stuff out there. Read John Wickersham's dated but still on target "Power Plays".

http://www.caravanclub.co.uk/media/6552072/technical.pdf

As said if you are not in that off EHU camp then buying something that will do can be a great deal cheaper.


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Cheers JT will check the website mainly EHU as have 3 young children maybe the odd rally in the future


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Remember to buy one that fits in your battery box,and that the terminals are the correct hand(past experiences)

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Just been looking at the halfords 115 ah any experience with these


PersonJTQU
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Try a specialist battery vendor like Alpha Batteries and Tayna Batteries both excellent companies to deal with in my experience and both do batteries for a wide budget range.

See if membership of either main club yields a bit more discount; over time they do offers.


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Hi peeps
Ive just purchased a Hankook 90ah DC27 battery and have a 2.4v solar panel connected to it is that sufficient to keep it trickle charged?


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2.4v?   2.4w you mean?

It will stop it discharging whilst not connected to anything. If its still connected to the van there maybe a small loss and 2.4w may not be enough when the light level falls.

Top it up once a month with a decent charger.


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Quote: Originally posted by kegonlegs on 20/7/2016
Hi peeps
Ive just purchased a Hankook 90ah DC27 battery and have a 2.4v solar panel connected to it is that sufficient to keep it trickle charged?


2.4 watts is around 0.2 amps. A battery could leak more than this with no load on.



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