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it all depends on one that fits and also, what is the current rating of your leisure battery?
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theres a list of batteries that fit on the wiki, but not sure any of them are true leisure batteries or not...
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If you want the battery to fit under the seat you will have to use an ordinary car battery for yer leisure battery--if you want to use a proper leisure battery which will give you power for longer you will have to site it elsewhere in the van--you can get a leisure battery that is the correct lenght & width to go under the seat but I have never found one that aint about 10cm too high--
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about 10cm too high--
I think you mean 10mm!
I have fitted different seats in my camper which allowed me to leave just a little more clearance with their mountings so I use a 100Ah Elecsol leisure battery.
There are some smaller batteries you might find on fleabay that have been used as standby power units for telecoms/IT purposes - you just need to some research with the dimensions - even using two small units in parallel.
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I use a normal car battery instead of a leisure one,that fits under the passengers seat,and its fine.

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