[bobplum]

would a 100 ah leisure battery be enough for two pumps and it being charged on a split relay charger

Or would you go for a second car battery, one already installed and fed by split relay charger, and split the charger between the two??

bob

[Richard Stevenson]

better to have two battery's, or one big one, semi traction 150amps

[robert mitchell]

Depends on your mileage
Wether it will keep it topped up .

I use a car battery rather than a leisure battery , they cost peanuts from the scrappy and work fine .

[Total shine cleaning services]

we run two pumps off one leisure battery, we charge it on a trickle charger every night, works fine

Graham

[Frankybadboy]

never had a problem bob and I use a 110 amp battery with spilt charger


and I do less than 4/5000 a year some days on 8miles max and I don't bench charge it often either




 

[AuRavelling79]

Depends on your mileage
Wether it will keep it topped up .

I use a car battery rather than a leisure battery , they cost peanuts from the scrappy and work fine .

Yup, I get my old batteries from garages and tyre dealers at about £5 to £10 (even got a couple for free). When they're worn out I take them down the scrappy and get about £5 to £10 depending on weight! Got £38 for five dead batteries in December.

[PoleKing]

I used to think they guys who were buying old car battery's from scrappys were just being tight.
I've fried 2 leisure battery's in as many years. Over £100 each time.
I'm now running a car battery from the scrappy. Cost me a tenner.
Works a treat.
I'm 3 months in.
I wonder if it'll last me a year or so? Something tells me it will.

[AuRavelling79]

I used to think they guys who were buying old car battery's from scrappys were just being tight.
I've fried 2 leisure battery's in as many years. Over £100 each time.
I'm now running a car battery from the scrappy. Cost me a tenner.
Works a treat.
I'm 3 months in.
I wonder if it'll last me a year or so? Something tells me it will.

Yeah, I use a smart charger and stick the batteries on most nights. (Mind you Dan the Man got me a monster 150ah jobby from a factory he worked at repairing farm equipment - it came off some combine harvester thingy - with two other 110 amp all for £15. That one lasts me two days.)

[robert mitchell]

well my car battery has been on 18 months (its a 100ah /900 amp cranking battery from a scrapped van)  it also came in very handy when i left the van lights on and flattened my battery .

set of jump leads from system battery to van battery , no waiting an hour for rac 

[p1w1]

we run two pumps off one leisure battery, we charge it on a trickle charger every night, works fine

Graham

same here

[Paul Coleman]

well my car battery has been on 18 months (its a 100ah /900 amp cranking battery from a scrapped van)  it also came in very handy when i left the van lights on and flattened my battery .

set of jump leads from system battery to van battery , no waiting an hour for rac 

When I was using a trolley I flattened the van battery by leaving lights on.  I jump started the van from the trolley even though the trolley battery was much smaller.