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No idea mate , just had a flyer in my mail this morning, as a memberWho makes it? How do you tell if it's any good? I would always buy from a known maker, they have a reputation to protect.
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It has a NCC verified test certificate.Who makes it? How do you tell if it's any good? I would always buy from a known maker, they have a reputation to protect.
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Your wrong ! I've just checked the NCC list. It's a Class C battery rated at 70 cycles @50%DOD. Useless as a leisure battery IMOFrom the Spec.-
120 cycles at 50% depth of discharge
Not surprising it's cheap.
Yes that makes sense but be aware the same manufacturer will often make a number of batteries that are rated and perform differently. From high end Leisure batteries to simple starter batteries and difficult to distinguish one from the other unless you know what your looking for. So do not be fooled by name alone.Who makes it? How do you tell if it's any good? I would always buy from a known maker, they have a reputation to protect.
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I saw a caravan club document along these lines. The problem we face is that the term Leisure has never been defined and there is no legal standard for the term. So manufacturers can name batteries as Leisure batteries when in fact they are starter batteries and as a result the leisure battery marketplace has become shoddy at worst and a guessing game when it comes to obtaining a good quality, value for money battery at best. There is however a BS EN standard in use that defines certain criteria for a starter battery, (BS EN 50342-6:2015) one aspect of it, is it must be rated as described in the label, so a 90 Ah rated battery must be 90 Ah. and so this is a good starting point when buying a leisure battery as many manufacturers put misleading and in some cases downright lies on their batteries about performance.I read this, can't remember where: "4 new compact batteries labelled as 'leisure' products and claiming to offer a performance within a 75ah-100Ah range were purchased. 4 new larger batteries labelled as 'leisure' products and claiming to offer a performance within a 90Ah-125Ah range were also bought.
Of these two sets of 4 batteries, a Banner battery in Set One exceeded its stated Ah capacity when tested and a Banner battery in Set Two did the same. Second best in both Set One and Set Two was a "Platinum"-labelled battery, but neither of the Platinum batteries met their claimed Ah capacity (75Ah = 65Ah and 110Ah = 95.3Ah). There was clearly a Banner and a Platinum battery in Set One and Set Two, but manufacturer-details of the other 4 batteries were not given.
All the batteries were cut apart and, except for the Banner ("Energy Bull") ones, were found to have characteristics typical of starter-battery construction (eg, thin, rather than thick, lead plates). So, of the 8 batteries tested, only the Banner products met their Ah claimed capacity and had the constructional characteristics of a purpose-made 'leisure' battery."
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