Battery
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The leisure battery had recently dropped to around 50% of where it should be.
I decided we needed to make the jump to Lithium technology, after much research I decided to go with the Fogstar Drift 280AH battery

With our old system we had around 95AH of usable power (AGM you only get 50% of stated) with Lithium you get closer to 90% before the BMS cuts the power to protect the battery
we now have around 250AH of usable power, this gives us close to a week with no input from the battery to battery charger or the solar.
the larger battery means we can charge our e-bikes.

As we upgraded the battery we also needed to upgrade the mains charger and the battery to battery, our solar charger was configurable for lithium
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Old battery information :-
The van was supplied with 1x 75Ah battery, this was really way too small for any off grid camping, I replaced with 2x 95AH AGM batteries
We now have 2X battery as below - AGM installed in parallel.
So far these are working well.
They are a class A battery and designed for leisure use - and have a decent warranty

Halfords Leisure Battery HLB800

The Halfords Leisure Battery HLB800 is optimised for repeated charging & discharging. Designed to provide power for appliances and technology on board boats, motorhomes and caravans.

Halfords Leisure Battery HLB800 Extra Info


Please check compatibility with your vehicle before purchase

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