Leisure Battery

[Steve.T]

My leisure battery appears to have given up the ghost.
Does anyone know if it can be brought back to life or where a cheap long lasting replacment can be found?

[jcb]

I bought my last one from http://www.tayna.co.uk/
and bought one of these Numax CXV31MF Sealed Leisure Battery 12V110Ah1000MCA 500 Cycles XV31MF which is now 5 years old. Happily powers two or three chargers and soldering for a days racing still.


Never had any luck with trying to revive one

[s22jgs]

your car? lol

[blue_pinky]

I personally wouldn't use your car to be honest...the batteries aren't the same as a leisure battery and are not designed to be deep discharged...as you might do charging on a days/weekends racing!!!

A good condition car battery will do it for a bit...and I know a few that do...but I don't like the risk of the big car not starting at the end of a race day! They are more designed to give a short high current burst to get your engine started...and are kept topped up by the engine the whole of their lives.

But a half decent Leisure battery battery will charge more than everything you need...and will be more than happy to be heavily cycled over and over again in the long term.

[walden]

Hi Steve

I was in the same position as you with my lesuire battery - to save money
i went along to my nearest breakers yard and got a battery from there i made sure there was no damage on it and got out of a relatively new car that had slight damage on the rear end and basically paid £10 for it and its still going strong week in week out

[s22jgs]

Originally Posted by blue_pinky

I personally wouldn't use your car to be honest...the batteries aren't the same as a leisure battery and are not designed to be deep discharged...as you might do charging on a days/weekends racing!!!

A good condition car battery will do it for a bit...and I know a few that do...but I don't like the risk of the big car not starting at the end of a race day! They are more designed to give a short high current burst to get your engine started...and are kept topped up by the engine the whole of their lives.

But a half decent Leisure battery battery will charge more than everything you need...and will be more than happy to be heavily cycled over and over again in the long term.

i dont really see the difference... they are both lead acid.
I charge all day on my car when racing... constantly turning over 3 sets of saddles and have never had an issue at the end of the day.

there are too many things these days where they are branded as for a specific use, and therefore slap up the price. it wouldnt surprise me if this was one.

as a hobby related example... batteries.... i run the nano tech ones from hobbyking. they are the best batteries ive ever used, but because they are not yet roar approved, they are about £20 a set. Yet Roar approved ones are 70,80,90 quid. its just wrong.

What makes the distinction between a car battery and a leisure battery? is it the plastic handle lol.

[MatJohnson]

The difference being that the lead is thicker on the cells. When the battery drains down, the lead is erroded, on a car battery, as its got less lead (thinner anyway) in it they get erroded quicker. A leisure battery has thicker plates so lasts longer so they errode, but can take it (deep cycle).

Its not a con, its one of those things thats genuine and its also about the same price for a leisure one v a car one.

[adon30]

Originally Posted by Steve.T

My leisure battery appears to have given up the ghost.
Does anyone know if it can be brought back to life or where a cheap long lasting replacment can be found?

You could try a smart charger such as this one which may revive it:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00499DTW...&hvptwo=&hvqmt=

Or you can get a new 85Ah leisure battery of ebay for about £55


Car batteries are designed for a high current such as starting a car and are then kept charged by the alternator. A leisure battery will run and run down to a really low capacity (deep discharge) without any large amount of damage to the battery itself. Both will do the job but a car battery won't last quite as long. If you only paid a tenner for it and keep it charged it may last a while.