Hi - I have an abbey Iona with motor mover fitted - can anyone advise me which size of battery would be best suited to my unit - empty weight 728kg laden weight 920kg
Leisure battery
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It very much depends on what you intend to do in your caravan. Batteries are categorised A-C depending on their capacity with A being for folks who do a lot of off line camping at rallies and so on, the cat C is for those whom almost exclusively use sites with a 240v lecky hookup with Bs being an intermediary.
this should give you all the Information that you require.
this should give you all the Information that you require.
Movers put a lot of strain on the mover so you need a type C as saint-spoon says. I think they are all 110 w at that level. If you only move the caravan very short distances and given it is a very light caravan if you can find a smaller one then it should do the job.
The NCC;s scheme to rate batteries is probably a good idea, but you need to be able to identify your usage pattern and the look for appropriate batteries.
I do find Ray's answer somewhat confusing, As far as I can see Saint spoon made no recommendation as to the category, and as far as this thread is concerned there has been no indication the way Thosonill's is trying to use it.
As for the strain a mover puts on a battery, apart from the initial start up surge which lasts a matter of a fraction of a second or so, the running current drain should be well within the capacity of all caravan batteries in good condition.
I do find Ray's answer somewhat confusing, As far as I can see Saint spoon made no recommendation as to the category, and as far as this thread is concerned there has been no indication the way Thosonill's is trying to use it.
As for the strain a mover puts on a battery, apart from the initial start up surge which lasts a matter of a fraction of a second or so, the running current drain should be well within the capacity of all caravan batteries in good condition.
Just had to buy a new battery, for our van, cooked the last one, forgot it was a wet cell one, and not a gel battery. Bought a motor mover specific battery, 110 amp. Probably use the motor mover less than 15 times a year, but it is supposedly cleared for 500 cycles, and 4 year warranty. £67.
Hutch.
Hutch.
I did buy a battery earlier this year. The dealer had category A and C and basically said that the manufacturer will not guarantee the A battery if used with a motormover. The only C one they had was 110 watts and considerably more expensive. The dealer had a publication I think from the NCC detailing the uses of the batteries and they only recommended category C for movers. Basically they do accept that lower category batteries will work but they may have a shorter working life because it is beyond there design parameters.
ProfJohnL said:
And your point is? How do you recommend a battery if you don't know what the intended use will be? A somewhat obscure answer.
I feel the answer here would be get a 110 or 115 amp leisure Battery Check Tayna Batteries for a good deal. The point I would like to make surely 110amp/115 would cover all eventualities.The reason I mentioned Tayna is you will probably get the bigger battery for about the same money as say an 85 amp..Just a suggestion and I hope it helps..
Sir Roger. PS I dont have any connection with Tayna Batteries just been supplied by them as others have on this Forum
Sir Roger. PS I dont have any connection with Tayna Batteries just been supplied by them as others have on this Forum
I have also used Tayna for several batteries, but their leisure battery section doesn't appear to use a Category system, so who does apart from the NCC?
saint-spoon said:
My point is that most of the batteries will operate a mover, so the choice of category will depend on other factors such as the availability of charging on hook up or towing.
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