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01/3/2009 at 9:37pm
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I don't have a tourer but I have a static which is on a site has no mains electric. There are only 20 caravans on this site and everyone uses a generator. However, I have been using a car battery with an invertor to power the tv on a night and I was looking at leisure batteries. Whats all this '120' life cycles, '500 life cycles'. Is this the amount of time it can be left to run flat and then re-charged? I only power a portable tv.

Anyone know what type of battery I should get for this. Like I say, it will only be used to power a portable and perhaps re-charge my laptop.



01/3/2009 at 10:44pm
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hi hamster

dont know a great deal about 120 life etc but a leisure battery will last longer than a car battery although u will need to keep it charged as much as possible if u dont use it for a while take it home and bench charge it for about 4 or 5 days they take longer to charge than a car battery also dont leave it on a concrete floor put it on a bench or carpet as it will earth on a concrete floor and discharge very quickly sorry cant help no more

ta Tim



02/3/2009 at 11:39am
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its 120 amp hours and it can (although its under lab conditions mind like all quotes) it can be fully recharged at least 500 times (no doubt a clause somewhere mentions the exact discharge % they consider as "flat") pretty good by the sounds of it the cheapies are usually about 200 .
a decent smart charger though will make it last longer than a ordinary one so take this into consideration as well.
being a static you could also consider a big solar panel but one that can charge from flat in a week (so it will be fully charged the next weekend)will be expensive.the smaller panels merely keep it topped up once fully charged but all of it expensive just for a telly and charging stuff up
an 80amp hour will be much cheaper ,much lighter and twice the power of your car one so probably a better investment

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02/3/2009 at 7:13pm
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God bless you both...many thanks...


02/3/2009 at 8:36pm
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As Fatbloke says get a decent charger, such as CTEK or ones sold by Elecsol batteries. It will be a good investment as your battery will last much longer.



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