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Those are old had controll units PWM bin it and fit a votronic MPPT which will also charge the starter battery.
 
The laird said:
Spoke with alpha BATTERYS on Thursday ordered BATTERYS and solar controller
arrived Friday morning by fed ex fantastic service all round plus got members discount
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What type/size of battery were they, Gordon, please?

Steve
 
Starter battery failed on Demi, about 3pm on a Friday afternoon. Ordered a replacement, expecting it on the next working day, as promised by Alpha.
Arrived 8.30 Saturday morning.
Now that's service.Plus a forum discount.
 
trevskoda said:
next battery change im going lead carbon, seem to be the bogs dollocks.
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I've got 3 LCB, Trev. The jury is still out. Thinking back, I wish I'd bit the bullet, and gone lithium*. Saying that, I'm trying a different discharge method. If I remember, unlikley, I'll post how it goes.
* I'm running Wildebus's system of LCB and lithium. The Lithium is faultless. The LCB? I may well have cooked them, long before David got his hands on them. :rolleyes:
 
The laird said:
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Thanks for that mate.

Fancying a pair of these to replace our Energy Bull lead acid which are just beginning to show signs of falling off a bit. Planning on getting two more years out of the Hobby then not doing the D4 at age of 73.

Cheers

H
 
So far iv got almost 10 years out of standard open vent l acids, but im not one for hammering them, lights fridge and charging phones.
 
Trotter said:
I've got 3 LCB, Trev. The jury is still out. Thinking back, I wish I'd bit the bullet, and gone lithium*. Saying that, I'm trying a different discharge method. If I remember, unlikley, I'll post how it goes.
* I'm running Wildebus's system of LCB and lithium. The Lithium is faultless. The LCB? I may well have cooked them, long before David got his hands on them. :rolleyes:
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If funds allow - and usage suggests - lithium does have a distinct advantage. That being recharge capability.
Just back from 2 nights at Lochore... I did use the gas oven and grill to make Pizza and Chips for one meal, but apart from that it was batteries to run Induction Hob, electric toaster, Truma water heater via inverter and even used the new Ablemail Electric Heater unit for a time just to take the edge off the temp one evening.
Battery bank down to about 50% by the time packing up (so 250Ah out plus maybe 150Ah from Solar used), so a fair amount from Lithium, with the Lead Carbon to provide the backup to the Lithium. But where the Lithium came into its own is on the drive home (which could have been to another site easily, of course), I was recharging the battery bank at over 100A sometimes (B2B + Solar), and you wouldn't get that recharge rate on a Lead Battery Bank.

But most people don't use Batteries for water heating, cooking and especially space heating, so may not need fast charge.
 
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Winks said:
Thanks for that mate.

Fancying a pair of these to replace our Energy Bull lead acid which are just beginning to show signs of falling off a bit. Planning on getting two more years out of the Hobby then not doing the D4 at age of 73.

Cheers

H
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hi guys . i did the same at 70 because under 3500kg the vans hardly ever had any payload . our van is 3800kg with 600kg payload just enough for this .cheyenne

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