[firefly123]

leisure batterys can not be left to run down to more than 40 % of there total charge or they will not recharge i killed a new 110 amp battery like this trouble is if you do short  runs with a split charger all you do is top battery up so i use an 85 amp and charge every two days any one seen the leisure battery made with carbon fibre inside makers say it will do 800 deep cycle charges but have heard there customer service is naff so am loath  to buy  one

[dazmond]

all i do is take my leisure battery out of  my pumpbox at the end of each working day.charge it for a few hours until full charge showing then pop it back in pumpbox and connect it up ready for the next days work.

SIMPLE!!

no split charge relays etc,no leaving the battery to run down for days on end!

[Fin Clearview]

leisure batterys can not be left to run down to more than 40 % of there total charge or they will not recharge i killed a new 110 amp battery like this trouble is if you do short  runs with a split charger all you do is top battery up so i use an 85 amp and charge every two days any one seen the leisure battery made with carbon fibre inside makers say it will do 800 deep cycle charges but have heard there customer service is naff so am loath  to buy  one

Does that mean if you run it flat it's virtually knackered? My 85ah was new in Aug and I've run it flat a few times, even though I used to charge it weekly it died on me Tuesday after an overnight charge on Sunday. And it's running off a relay!

[traps7]

Mine's on a split charge relay and I haven't taken it out for months.

Now that's simple.

And I think you'll find Dave Morris runs his from his van battery with no problem. Even simpler.

[R.C Property]

Leisure batteries are designed to run flat without being damaged,
It's the car batteries that can't be run down.

[EandM]

Leisure batteries are designed to run flat without being damaged,
It's the car batteries that can't be run down.

What he said. That's sort of the point of them.

[Mike #1]

Had last leisure battery last about 16 months i would not run my down to below 11.8 as a general rule although i did run it flat a 2-3 times . Typically i would charge after 7-8 days use

But in last 3 months or so before it died i was not getting full power from it got a my first battery with Pump box  from cleaning spot i think .

Got current battery from halfords and charge it every weekend if i remember . Mike

[EandM]

Had last leisure battery last about 16 months i would not run my down to below 11.8 as a general rule although i did run it flat a 2-3 times . Typically i would charge after 7-8 days use

But in last 3 months or so before it died i was not getting full power from it got a my first battery with Pump box  from cleaning spot i think .

Got current battery from halfords and charge it every weekend if i remember . Mike

The usual failure I get is the loss of one or more cells. I've lost two on my current 100 amp/h and am down to 6 volts. However, as I don't have a pump controller I find that the pump runs at just the right speed - so it's not all bad !

[Scrimble]

all i do is take my leisure battery out of  my pumpbox at the end of each working day.charge it for a few hours until full charge showing then pop it back in pumpbox and connect it up ready for the next days work.

SIMPLE!!

no split charge relays etc,no leaving the battery to run down for days on end!

sod that, lugging a big heavy leisure battery in and out of the van every day,

fit a split charge relay or a flow controller with the battery charge function, i have never had to take my battery out of the van to charge it