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Subject Topic: which is best leisure battery?
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23/9/2009 at 1:59pm
 Location: Newcastle u Lyme
 Outfit: Ford Kuga Senator California
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The mover does pause at times if something gets in the way of the signal from the remote or if the remote batteries need changing

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24/9/2009 at 9:46am
 Location: Worcestershire
 Outfit: Bailey Senator Vermont series 5
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Hi,

Thanks again for your help. We weren't convinced that the battery was ok, so we got 2nd opinion and confirmed battery is no good. So we will have to buy another. Is it better to get a sealed one or not?

Thanks

Marilyn



24/9/2009 at 11:44am
 Location: Torbay Devon
 Outfit: Eldis Mistral 2 berth
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I had a Varta on my mover, (4 years) which seemed indistructable. I put it on my car, and left the b... thing on my car, when I traded the car, whilst I was charging the car battery. I tried to recover it, but it had been swapped by the garage for use on the 'bosses' caravan. My fault, but I do regret the loss.

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25/3/2014 at 2:19pm
 Location: West Yorkshire
 Outfit: Bailey Orion
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Batteries will last longer than 2 years if you are charging through zig unit on caravan battery will only charge to 3quarters of its capacity that's so the zig unit cannot over charge and cause fire. I have 2 elecsol 100 amph batteries with a 50 watt solar panel fixed to caravan roof they were in last van 2 years transferred to this van 3 years ago, that's 5 years they are still as good as new, they are sealed batteries so never check and we rally 48 weekends a year just on battery.
      Hope this helps Regards Geoff
Ps batteries never been mains charged


25/3/2014 at 5:31pm
 Location: South Yorks
 Outfit: Elddis Affinity 574
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Those Maplin solar chargers are a waste of time. Check the output, it would take about three days to charge a mobile phone so keeping a leisure battery topped up is not going to happen.


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25/3/2014 at 6:02pm
 Location: north wales
 Outfit: Sprite Quattro FB
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Our battery is 7 years old. Nothing fancy but is left on the Sargent charger on the drive. Going to get a new one as it leaks a bit.



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