leisure battery

[taurus]

Is there any difference between leisure battery and standard car batteries ????

[VWCamperfan]

Yes. A standard car battery is designed to push out a whole load of amps when needed but should never be run flat or near to flat as this will damage the battery.
A leisure battery (deep discharge or deep cycle battery) is designed to let out its power more slowly (shouldn't be used as a starting battery) but can be run almost flat or a lot lower than standard car batteries without damage.

You can use a normal starter battery as a leisure battery but if you drain it too low you may not be able to charge it back up to full capacity again.

[taurus]

thanks for that mark i was going to bang in a bigger standard battery but will invest in a leisure battery now