Lithium Ion Leisure Batteries

[Dustydog]

I was reading an article about these. Yes, I’ll have one next time my current one fails. But at £800 :woohoo: Why so expensive?
Is anyone using an Li and does it truly have advantages over the standard leisure battery

 

[otherclive]

Dusty
It’s so pricey because it will allow you to do away with the towcar and drive to your site in the caravan.

Bit of a hit if some scroat steals it too.

 

[CustardAvenger]

For that price... probably not (Not yet anyway). But Li-Ion batteries are more energy dense, much better at retaining their charge and would be less susceptible to damage if it were discharged too far unlike a deep-cycle Lead Acid leisure battery.

 

[chrisn7]

Dusty
Bit of a hit if some scroat steals it too.

An interesting point. With a battery costing that much, 4WD movers costing over £2k, fridges over £1k plus all the internal fittings and chassis parts, the scrotes have less need to risk selling a van whole, just the parts. Its high time makers supplied some decent anti theft kit instead on focussing on new curtains and stripes each year..