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Hi all

going to be buying a new battery for the caravan (swift conqueror 630 2008)

any recomendiations on which brand/type is best

dont often use sites without electric hook up,maybe a couple of times a year

we are having a twin axle motormover fitted in the new year so 110amp battery will be required

thanks

see search above:

leisure battery

caravan and caravanning section.

We have had a Numax with the folding camper now we have the Lunar we have a Platignum both were alright. Also Advance from ebay

We bought the first one on Ebay via advice on here as we were pretty green. We will go back to the same one also.

Numax = by starter batteries = 12v x 110 ah £75.97 + £7.00pp

Advanced  = by absbatteries  - £75 free delivery

Platignum - was a caravan shop

We have a Yuasa 110 amp. Its been on the van for 18 months and still looks as good as new. It powers a mover and we stay mainly on EHU pitched but we have a fair bit of moving to do to get the van in and out at home. Plus OH loves to park it on site so my reversing skills are getting rusty.

I take the battery off the van when parked up at home and keep taking a voltage reading both on and off the van, it has never been below 12.8v. I usually give it a charge every couple of months during the off season and use a Lidl charger (there are plenty of posts on UKCS about these).

So far never had a hint of a problem.

Quote: Originally posted by vonc on 07/12/2012

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Ive been told to get  a sealed cranking battery f110 amp for our conqueror 630 with a motor mover on...and for £90
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A cranking battery is a starter battery and if you only need it for a mover it is suitable.
However if you wish to use it for stays off EHU it is not an ideal choice. It will do this but if you use quite a bit of its energy capacity it will have a short life before substantial levels of that 110 are lost forever.
Even like this it will still limp on reasonable well whilst on EHU but lose the ability to be much use off EHU.
If you are only on EHU you dont need as big a battery as 110 for a mover. Large batteries are specified for movers only because the mover may be needed with a somewhat depleted battery. 85 or 90 Ah is large enough for someone who only uses EHUs as it will be fully charged.

If you want a battery for off EHU then one designed for deeper discharging will be more suitable. High spec deep cycling batteries are very expensive but a quite good quality and excellent value battery like a Banner Energy Bull would suit most users. With batteries it is lead that is needed so buy the physically heaviest leisure battery of your chosen Ahs your funds can stretch to.