Batteries?

[nickjh]

Hi,

Had a terrible weekend on the water, but thats another story!

Part of the problem appears that my 4 year old batteries have given up the ghost..

I have one large engine battery and 2 x 85amp hr leisure batteries. Where is the best/cheapest place to source the new ones and what type shoud I go for?

How long should the leisure batteries last roughly, with fridge on, stereo and vhf for a days outing?

Cheers

Nick

 

[Forbsie]

CPC Batteries may not be far from you and are very good.

 

[Wiggo]

assuming your 2 x 85 Ah are solely for domestic use...

170Ah capacity, of which you probably can't charge them to more than 135Ah. You can't safely discharge to less than 85Ah cap, so you have a useable capacity of about 50Ah, maybe a little less.

A fridge (if it is a modern compressor/evaporator job, will probably use an average of 1A, though if you are starting it up from warm each time you use the boat, then it will be a lot higher - perhaps 3A. So an 8 hour day at 3A will use half your battery capacity. The VHF and stereo may use an amp between then, so that's another 8Ah in a day. In other words, you will get less than a day and a half between charges on the domestics

 

[mainshiptom]

I just bought 110 Ah for 57 pounds those are deep cycle marine battries should last about 4-5 years if you keep them topped up !

Tom

 

[Nick_H]

Bought two of these (220Ah) a year ago, and they seem very good so far. Have never run out of power despite having lights and eberspacher on. Also quite small, so you can get higher capacity batteries in the same tray.

http://www.unlimited-power.co.uk/deep_cycle_battery_carbon_fibre_elecsol.html

 

[nictbrown]

Hi Nick
I used Towsure for leisure batteries. Vgood value - details on their website.

 

[AIDY]

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