Our domestic batteries let us down once again over the May
bank holiday weekend. So we took the decision to change them before we set out
on any holidays for the year. Oddly with very similar usage the weekend just
gone they performed just fine but we have changed them anyway now. The old ones
have been donated to a friend who has shot batteries.
As we have been happy with the Varta batteries we replaced
them with another pair of 105 amp Varta batteries this time from the” Professional”
Varta range. Hopefully these will perform just as well as the last lot. To be
fair we could probably have limped through the rest of this summer with the old
batteries but it didn’t seem worth the hassle and the worry for the sake of
£155. We would rather replace them and know we will have plenty of power at our
disposal for our summer holidays.
The plan is to now also buy and install an 1800 watt
inverter when we get back from Wells next the Sea in a couple of weeks, mainly
to heat the water if we are staying in the same place for a couple of days but
also to boil our small electric kettle when we are on the move. We would still
use the gas kettle if mooring in the same spot for a while but it seems daft
using the hob when the engine is running to propel us along anyway. We think we
have narrowed the search down to the Sterling 1800 watt unit with remote
control.
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