[Innocence & Experience]

I need a new leisure battery to run my system (Hot Water) and electric reel, can anyone advise on size/brand required.
Cheers

[Spruce]

I need a new leisure battery to run my system (Hot Water) and electric reel, can anyone advise on size/brand required.
Cheers

In the past, I found we had the best results using Numax leisure batteries.

With an electric reel and diesel heater you need to be looking at a battery with a CCA rating. It's a combination battery which will take the extra current demand from your equipment. These batteries are designed for the caravan leisure industry where owners use caravan motor movers.

But as always, manufacturers are now giving very limited warranties on these batteries used by window cleaners as we are classed as battery abusers.

After many years of using leisure batteries, I now have a Fogstar lithium battery in my van. I also have a Fogstar 20amp mains lithium battery charger as well as a battery to battery 12v charger set the the necessary lithium charging profile.
So far so good.

[dazmond]

I use 2 of these in tandem

[Innocence & Experience]

Thank you both, very useful info 

[Stoots]

Ive had one of these 3 years now which is by far the longest ive had one last. Used to buy cheap ones off eaby that lasted a year

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/batteries/leisure-batteries/yuasa-active-leisure-battery-l36-agm-466926.html?cm_mmc=Google+PLA-_-Motoring%3EMotoring+Products%3EBatteries%3ELeisure+Batteries-_-Motoring%3EMotoring+Products%3EBatteries%3ELeisure+Batteries-_-466926&&_$ja=tsid:%7Ccid:17145159354%7Cagid:%7Ctid:%7Ccrid:%7Cnw:x%7Crnd:14129139087199376784%7Cdvc:c%7Cadp:%7Cmt:%7Cloc:9045979&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17149814071&gbraid=0AAAAADrJx6yhKgyTePR5eUpPrAIPrkYwp&gclid=CjwKCAjwr5_CBhBlEiwAzfwYuCZdabKv09aZHmwe4LkW73fBEphbxfVrgKsa3E2IbnVLbhlkXURd3hoCitUQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds


prices have gone up a bit mind  i paid £170 now nearly £250

[windowswashed]

I use a battery to battery charger on my leisure battery drawing 20amps instead of 30 amps so it doesn't run my van battery down but keeps the leisure battery fully charged all the time so it never runs the battery down below 14 volts, worth it's weight in gold on big commercial jobs.

[Scottish Cleaning Service]

https://advancedbatterysupplies.co.uk/product/advanced-agm-lpx110-leisure-battery-120ah-12v-copy/

Think I have 2 of these deep cell. I try and charge every time I use them.

[Spruce]

What battery charger do you use to charge your AGM batteries?

[Scottish Cleaning Service]

What battery charger do you use to charge your AGM batteries?

https://www.gobatteries.co.uk/product/battery-chargers/leisure-battery-chargers/numax-12v-10a-leisure-battery-charger/

Think its one of these but 20amp one. Been charging the batteries for years now as its screwed into vans side panel. Permanently fixed onto a battery and all I do is plug in my extension at night.

[Stoots]

Halfords Advanced 6A Smart Charger

[Spruce]

What battery charger do you use to charge your AGM batteries?

https://www.gobatteries.co.uk/product/battery-chargers/leisure-battery-chargers/numax-12v-10a-leisure-battery-charger/

Think its one of these but 20amp one. Been charging the batteries for years now as its screwed into vans side panel. Permanently fixed onto a battery and all I do is plug in my extension at night.

The reason why I ask is that AGM batteries require a charger especially rated to charge AGM batteries.