Battery charger

[Wayne_Lisa]

Can anyone recommend a good battery charger for a leisure battery.

Cheers.

 

[MisterB]

A solar panel ...

 

[bigtwin]

For use off the vehicle or for integration/use on the vehicle?

Ian

 

[Nasher]

I have installed a Victron (the latest ones are called blue smart)

It is small, generates little or no heat and no noise

I plugged it into a convenient 240v socket near my leisure battery and connected it up with ring terminals to the battery

When I connect to EHU or my Generator, the Victron does it's job - it's been in place for about 4 years and so has my single 110Ah battery and its all working fine

Hope this helps

 

[Stealaway]

Definitely solar panel.

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[Richard n Ann]

Can anyone recommend a good battery charger for a leisure battery.

Cheers.

What type of leisure battery? There are a few different chemistries such as Gel, AGM, wet. Plus the expensive lithium type (unlikely in this case ?)

 

[PhilandMena]

C-Tec. The Dog's Bcks. suitable for all types of leisure batteries.

 

[Richard n Ann]

C-Tec. The Dog's Bcks. suitable for all types of leisure batteries.

It says on my Optimate 2 it's for all types, and it is if you aren't that bothered. But a Gel battery needs holding longer at 14.4v to fully charge.

 

[PhilandMena]

It says on my Optimate 2 it's for all types, and it is if you aren't that bothered. But a Gel battery needs holding longer at 14.4v to fully charge.

There is more than one battery charger that does all Leisure Batteries. The C-Tec range are second to none I.M.O.

 

[autorouter]

To work out the maximum charging current (amps), find the total leisure battery capacity in amp-hours (Ah) and divide by 5. So a 100Ah battery max charging current is 20A. Some battery types, like Lithium, can take a higher charging current, but Capacity/5 is a good rule of thumb. Of course you can use one with less amps than this, it will charge just as well but will just take longer.

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