12 Vault batteries for Caravans

Submitted: Saturday, Apr 21, 2012 at 12:13

Allan W1

I need to replace the batt in my van and I am contemplating a 130 AH AGM dry fit deep cycle batt.
I do not know the brand name so any comments greatly appreciated

Allan

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AnswerID: 483736 Submitted: Saturday, Apr 21, 2012 at 12:25

Ron N replied:

Allan - I've used Sonnenschein (German for "sunshine"), and they are very good - but very heavy, because of their calcium-lead construction. They weigh double the weight of a standard lead-acid battery for the same amp-hr rating.
I don't think you can get away from the "excessive weight" problem with deep-cycle batteries.

http://www.sonnenschein.org/

Cheers - Ron.

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FollowupID: 759514 Submitted: Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 at 14:03

energy marty posted:

We find the Fullriver 120Ah deep cycle is one of the most popular on the market, dimensions are 331 x 175 x 214 and weigh in at 36kg.

You can pick them up for around the $340 mark

cheers

mh

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AnswerID: 483747 Submitted: Saturday, Apr 21, 2012 at 13:59

Ozhumvee replied:

the last Sonneschein I had was over ten years old as an auxilary battery in the troopy, very good battery but as has been said quite heavy.
The last few years I've been using AGM's from All Purpose Batteries in western Sydney, good prices on both their "own" brand as well as Fullriver's etc, very prompt with shipping at good prices considering the weights involved.
They have an ebay shop too.http://stores.ebay.com.au/ALL-PURPOSE-BATTERIES-ONLINE?_trksid=p4340.l2563

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