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Hi folks. My leisure battery is dead and can't be revived. My battery stock options locally are limited so I suspect I won't find a designated leisure battery. The Wiki says to find one that can be topped up with deionised water. I have no space restrictions as it is fitted under the buddy seat.

Are there any special considerations when buying a new one? What's the difference between a leisure battery and a normal car starter battery? They are all 12V lead-acid batteries right? So other than trying to get the maximum amp-hours is there any reason to get a designated leisure battery or will a good quality car battery do the job?

Different construction.

Starter batteries, thin plates, larger surface area, designed for high instantaneous output

Leisure batteries, thicker plates, designed for slower discharge rate over a longer time and better resilience to survive being deeper drained / recharged

Ok, thanks Carrera. Will hold off and locate a leisure battery...

Though in my experience, most batteries labelled 'leisure' are in fact starter batteries with a new label.

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There is a good article in the wiki about the batteries.
I bought a grey Exide stater which was designed for new cars with lot of accessories. They advertised with "carbon technology" to help cyclic use.

Here's a link to a decent article

https://www.alpha-batteries.co.uk/buyin ... ing-guide/

It seems there are now "hybrid" batteries to complicate matters further, so getting a true leisure battery may be more difficult than before, for example the Hankook Leisure battery are actually dual purpose / hybrid.

It also appears that the availability of 175mm high leisure batteries is much reduced these days

Let us know what you go with

Just to do what i always do when someone asks about batteries, if you can find a 'trojan' branded one that fits the space, you can't go wrong.

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I nipped in to Birdhill motorhomes he has high end stuff ,simple got chatting & asked what replacement deep cycle batteries he uses. Bosch silver L5 013
90ah I have 2 for over 3 years still working perfect.. You do get what you pay for .. if you want to a look at my set up let me know

Isn't that battery 190mm high -it won't fit under the seat

carthago ian wrote:I nipped in to Birdhill motorhomes he has high end stuff ,simple got chatting & asked what replacement deep cycle batteries he uses. Bosch silver L5 013
90ah I have 2 for over 3 years still working perfect.. You do get what you pay for .. if you want to a look at my set up let me know

Thanks Ian.

937carrera wrote:Isn't that battery 190mm high -it won't fit under the seat

Not an issue for me as mine is under the buddy seat.

Ciaraneng wrote: Not an issue for me as mine is under the buddy seat.

That makes a difference then, so go B I G G E S T you can