What do you think of these batteries?

[davidathomas42]

Not knowing who makes the Halfords battery. Someone here might.

It's £76 for there 115Ah leasure battery as I have a trade card with them or £180 for the Exide one.

Now cash no issue I'd pay the £180 but I have lots and lots of things on the list so any money saved helps but only if it's a smart saving. I don't want to end up buying both because the first turns out to be crap.

I guess I could always return it though.

Anyone have any experience with the Halfords ones?

My current plan as we only have a locker for one battery is to put in the biggest I can manage and add a decent solar panel on the roof. We will mostly be on EHU so it's just to cover 1 might stops should we be without currently.

Later on I plan to add a 2nd in the garage area to double the power available.

 

[PhilandMena]

Please be advised the drain pipe is for dangerous gasses to escape. I would advise you somehow get it connected and fed into fresh air, not the inside of the Motorhome.

 

[FJmike]

Please be advised the drain pipe is for dangerous gasses to escape. I would advise you somehow get it connected and fed into fresh air, not the inside of the Motorhome.

Normal I would agree, but in this case the battery compartment is separate from the habitation area

 

[davidathomas42]

Ok. Interesting.

It was from the dealer with the pipe connected to the battery then into the tray!

I guess that should have been sorted on the Hab check.

I'll take another look at it all and see if I can modify anything. It is a seperate sealed area not connected to the passenger part in anyway shape or form but it also has no vent to the outside other than where the EHU cable comes in. I'll see if I can route it that way.

 

[PhilandMena]

My tray has holes in the bottom of each corner to receive the vent tube