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Title: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: paul alan on June 05, 2013, 09:49:07 pm
hi guys, my haze agm battery is all but dead, only get a couple of hours out of  it. what can I replace it with on  a budget? and will my ipro lite charger that I currently use charge a leisure battery as mine is a golf 30ah and think I need more like a 100ah battery???? I know idealy id have a split relay but not sure if that's for me as all my work is within 5 miles, so prob would have to take the battery out and charge in house at some point I think???? need a battery quick and not sure which one to get whilst keeping costs as low as possible. any advice would be a great help. cheers.
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on June 05, 2013, 09:52:11 pm
Buy a inverter and the you can run
A battery charger
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: Mike #1 on June 06, 2013, 05:29:17 am
If your charger is standard leisure battery charger with crocodile clips ,   Then you could get a a battery from www.halfords.com 

Pre-order online for store collection as they are generally £20 or so cheaper online than in store prices . Mike
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: dazmond on June 06, 2013, 07:30:31 am
i have a leisure battery and a car battery and just swap them over at the end of of each days work leaving one on charge throughout the day.

any old battery will do mate.scrapyard if your skint. although a new battery will only be £60.id still go new as you need a decent battery to run your pump.
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: lee_dewing on June 06, 2013, 08:12:33 am
Hi  Daz.

Was thinking of a car battery.

At the mo i use pure drive golf trolley battery 22ah

Charge every evening.

I bet the car battery would only need doing 2-3 days.

What  charger have you got Daz just wondering does that charger do for your leisure and car battery?
Lee
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: Mike #1 on June 06, 2013, 09:36:51 am
Lee i have a 60ah leisure battery from halfords and i charge it about every  8-9 days . Mike
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: lee_dewing on June 06, 2013, 12:50:08 pm
Thanks Mike that's brillant,

What charger have you got if you don't mind me asking

Thanks lee.
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: Mike #1 on June 06, 2013, 12:59:28 pm
Just a Halfords fully automatic battery charger £39.99  works great never had any probs in almost 2 yrs . Mike
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: dazmond on June 06, 2013, 04:20:00 pm
ive got the same battery charger as mike!i charge mine every day to keep them  topped up! ;) :) :)
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: Tomboler on June 06, 2013, 04:27:36 pm
Mines an 80Ah Varta Jag battery I bought through a mate in the trade, I wont go on about it because you'll think I'm exaggerating but let me just say it's very good indeed. Not cheap but a reliable power source with the old one as back up.
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: mikeyfaerosyth on June 06, 2013, 07:15:20 pm
Just replaced my old battery that was from a 3 litre jag,got it free of a customer about 2 years ago,was far better than my old 85 amp leisure battery which i had to take out every couple weeks to charge as short journeys on relay.never needed to take out the jag battery.
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: mikeyfaerosyth on June 06, 2013, 07:25:34 pm
Went to my local tip a few weeks ago with two old batterys and asked the guy if I could swap them over,

one was dud but the over works well so far,big heavy duty one.

The dud will go back and get swapped again at some point,also got a 17 amp trolley type battery,all for nowt.


Bought a ctek charger for £55.
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: Positivity on June 06, 2013, 10:28:09 pm
hi guys, my haze agm battery is all but dead, only get a couple of hours out of  it. what can I replace it with on  a budget? and will my ipro lite charger that I currently use charge a leisure battery as mine is a golf 30ah and think I need more like a 100ah battery???? I know idealy id have a split relay but not sure if that's for me as all my work is within 5 miles, so prob would have to take the battery out and charge in house at some point I think???? need a battery quick and not sure which one to get whilst keeping costs as low as possible. any advice would be a great help. cheers.
Go to the local scrappers.
My £15 battery has been running for over a year now with no problems.
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: JamesAJF on June 07, 2013, 12:27:36 am
wilco 55 pounds and if u give them your old one u get it for 50 pounds ;D
Title: Re: need some advice on a new battery please
Post by: lee_dewing on June 07, 2013, 09:42:36 am
Thanks Mike and Daz.