Monday 11 March 2013

Battery Update

Well it has been over two years since we upgraded our domestic battery bank and replaced our batteries with two 105 amp Varta leisure batteries. So how are they going on?


Well I am pleased to announce that they are still in fine shape and are coping admirably with our power demands. Capacity has yet to drop noticeably despite two years of weekly weekend use and holiday use.

The previous one domestic battery completely gave up the will to live in a little under two years so it seems that the upgrade to two batteries has been well worth it. At the same time as we changed the batteries we also made a few power saving modifications which also seem to be helping the situation.

It had been our initial intention to swap the batteries after three years however we will review this decision later in the year nearer the time that they are three years old. If they are still performing adequately then we may delay the switch. We are however firm believers in changing our batteries at the first signs of unreliability. Some people choose to limp along with dead and dying batteries but to us that seems to be a false economy. Why waste fuel running the engine to charge the batteries for longer each day?

So watch this space later in the year to see how we get on.

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