Leisure battery considerations

[Ciaraneng]

Hi folks. My leisure battery is dead and can't be revived. My battery stock options locally are limited so I suspect I won't find a designated leisure battery. The Wiki says to find one that can be topped up with deionised water. I have no space restrictions as it is fitted under the buddy seat.

Are there any special considerations when buying a new one? What's the difference between a leisure battery and a normal car starter battery? They are all 12V lead-acid batteries right? So other than trying to get the maximum amp-hours is there any reason to get a designated leisure battery or will a good quality car battery do the job?

[937carrera]

Different construction.

Starter batteries, thin plates, larger surface area, designed for high instantaneous output

Leisure batteries, thicker plates, designed for slower discharge rate over a longer time and better resilience to survive being deeper drained / recharged

[Ciaraneng]

Ok, thanks Carrera. Will hold off and locate a leisure battery...

[patrickpawsey]

Though in my experience, most batteries labelled 'leisure' are in fact starter batteries with a new label.

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[ZsZ]

There is a good article in the wiki about the batteries.
I bought a grey Exide stater which was designed for new cars with lot of accessories. They advertised with "carbon technology" to help cyclic use.

[937carrera]

Here's a link to a decent article

https://www.alpha-batteries.co.uk/buyin ... ing-guide/

It seems there are now "hybrid" batteries to complicate matters further, so getting a true leisure battery may be more difficult than before, for example the Hankook Leisure battery are actually dual purpose / hybrid.

It also appears that the availability of 175mm high leisure batteries is much reduced these days

Let us know what you go with

[patrickpawsey]

Just to do what i always do when someone asks about batteries, if you can find a 'trojan' branded one that fits the space, you can't go wrong.

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[carthago ian]

I nipped in to Birdhill motorhomes he has high end stuff ,simple got chatting & asked what replacement deep cycle batteries he uses. Bosch silver L5 013
90ah I have 2 for over 3 years still working perfect.. You do get what you pay for .. if you want to a look at my set up let me know

[937carrera]

Isn't that battery 190mm high -it won't fit under the seat

[Ciaraneng]

I nipped in to Birdhill motorhomes he has high end stuff ,simple got chatting & asked what replacement deep cycle batteries he uses. Bosch silver L5 013
90ah I have 2 for over 3 years still working perfect.. You do get what you pay for .. if you want to a look at my set up let me know

Thanks Ian.

[Ciaraneng]

Isn't that battery 190mm high -it won't fit under the seat

Not an issue for me as mine is under the buddy seat.

[937carrera]

Not an issue for me as mine is under the buddy seat.

That makes a difference then, so go B I G G E S T you can