Leisure battery from Alpha Batteries

[silverbullet]

Probably old news for some but for those who don't know...It fits like a glove! Xplorer 100LB pattern, 100Ah, "dual purpose" deep cycle, currently £85 delivered (May 2014)
Comes with 4 year warranty too.
Best stick a bit of old inner tube or similar dense thin rubber onto the underside of your batter box lid, you don't want it shorting out and it is very close.
You will also need crimped battery terminals as there is no headroom for the ones with screws, unless you use grub screws wound down flush
Alpha Batteries have an ebay webshop "the battery man"
and they arrive very well packed. Recommended.

[lloydy]

i have a couple of their 80ah at the moment, good to know they have a 100ah now (that fits)

[max and caddy]

Just bought one of these myself as it happens...fits a treat but I have it with the posts at the front of the van and those clip on quick release terminal jobbers...they fit Under the lid no problem and are insulated by the plastic clippy bits..not convinced its a true 100ah but it fills the space totally so as good as it gets really.

I did fit a pair of the side bar spacers to ensure a solid fit as wel...just need a genuine clamp of mr b now and jobs a good un.

[fairwynds]

this is good news...cheers for the heads up ...

[aerovolito]

I just bought a 'pair' of these Just have to install the second one under the pasenger seat and connect them together.

200Ah....wahey! should make a huge difference.

[Jim San]

How's the performance of these going so far? I've heard (and seen) the doubts as to it 100AH authenticity but hows it actually panning out.
Saying its 100 when its not will surely get them found out and open to hassle. Looking at 2 myself (maybe one at a time to spread cost!)

[silverbullet]

I will know in about 2-3 weeks!

[Flyingchunk]

I've got one of these. As said fits like a glove, works a treat.

[California Dreamin]

To the sceptics 'ME' ....someone needs to connect a professional battery tester to one of these 'so called' 100ah batteries.
Something like like this:

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Martin

[lloydy]

i am happy with my alpha 80ah batteries... isn't there a way they fudge the results? like give figures off different discharge rates? As i say though, 2 years in and happy with mine

[silverbullet]

I don't know what anyone can grumble about tbh. It's the biggest leisure battery that will fill the space available. Even if they are pushing the definition of 100Ah, how many Ah do you really need?
I'm sure my inexperience in all theis domestic comfort will tell me soon enough

[California Dreamin]

No...its just me being finicky as usual I'm sure they are just fine.

Martin

[windysurfer]

it depend which current drain they use for the calculations

[ninja.turtle007]

In my limited experience 2 of these type of 100Ah batteries don't last as long as two 77AH Bosch S5's. You get a 5 year warranty on the Bosch batteries.