Leisure Battery Charge Info

[whites75]

Hey team - so I have my 100ah leisure battery ready to use at this weekends Iceman series - just wondering how long they loose their charge once charged?

thinking of putting the battery on to charge on weds so I have time to spare and assuming it will take approx. 14hrs to charge but will it loose much charge as I aint using it until sunday - or shall I just charge it say Friday?
cheers

[Aire valley]

Leisure batteries need to be charged on a regular basis, approx once a month whether used or not. Once charged, they are then usually ok for a month even if not used. However, I keep mine on a trickle charger ( less than £20 from Halfords) most of the time..

[whites75]

ok pal cheers - prob gone overboard with the charger then lol as I got a smart charger by ctek, about 55 quid, ah well never mind

[Aire valley]

If you have a smart charger, that's good....just leave it connected until you need to use the battery... It will fast charge after you have used it, and then trickle charge to keep it topped up..
I just have an old car battery charger to fast charge then use the trickle charger..

[whites75]

yeah they are supposed to be very good chargers by all accounts, no idea personally but a quick net search led me to them and they sounded decent

[mattr]

I have a ctek smart charger in the caravan, so i reckon it's probably overkill for your usage!