what batteries

afternoon people hope your all ok,

just a quick question, im looking at buying me batteries for the landy, basic run down of the trip for those that dont know im going to africa next year, but planning on staying in places for a few days at a time so i need battery power to last.

red and yellow optima batteries are way to expencive and have little power for my needs so they are out

ive been looking at 2 squadran leisure batteries (110amph) for about £140 each. but i was just wondering what you guys are useing and what you think of them.

thanks again

I'm still learning about the whole expedition preparation thing but I would have said two tractor batteries would be a good set up, slightly heavy maybe but would have a decent whack of power and you would most likely be able to get two for the cost of one of those fancy ones. Should both fit in existing location fairly well too.

how much electrical kit are you running when parked up? If nothing, just make sure you have a single decent quality new battery when you head off. If you're really worried get one of those small solar trickle chargers that goes on your roof. That'll keep things topped up when parked up.

If your bringing a winch, fridge, tv, pacman arcade machine, microwave, huge hi-fi system etc, then get the two batteries you talked about. AND a solar charger.

I am just using red and yellow optima batteries but I'm also new to this, so now after you have said they wont give you enough power I'm not sure I have the right one's!!

weyhey said:

I am just using red and yellow optima batteries but I'm also new to this, so now after you have said they wont give you enough power I'm not sure I have the right one's!!

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They will be as good as any start and deep cycle combination which is what you want if you a intending a split charge system with the leisure battery for running low wattage systems.

What ever batteries you have you need to work out your consumption level/ period to see if you are going to be OK .

If you find you have a fairly large shortfall, you can either go 3rd battery or small gennie, depending on what your results are its a how long piece of string thing.

3rd battery bloody hell where would that go?

You can always find another space on a land rover, especially agricultural ones

I think I'll stick to the two batterys that seems to be a headache enough! I still haven't got me head round how to do this split charge thingy but I will when I get to it I'm a long way off that stage yet

weyhey said:

I think I'll stick to the two batterys that seems to be a headache enough! I still haven't got me head round how to do this split charge thingy but I will when I get to it I'm a long way off that stage yet

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When your ready to do the battery system set up Ill be happy to advise , fitted several.

Where abouts do you live instead of advising you can fit if you like only joking i'll take you up on that offer mind it'll be next year before i'll need any advice on that

hi guys thanks for replying me bloody laptop broke, then my email buggered up so ive just nick me dads laptop lol,
ill be running a engel fridge 37 lt (not brought yet but perfect for what i want) a 7psi pump 1 large led and 1 small led, light, and onboard pc running from 12v and missalanious bits(sorry bout spelling) and i will be camping for up to 7 days at a time or longer, i will be investing in some small solar panals etc when the time comes i hope. so i need the best batteries with out having my wallet rapped

ill try and put up my amp hour chart i made (on old laptop lol) cant for the life of me rememer my amp hour useage

thank you agian for replying

nathan

it will prob be alot running an engel and pc! cant you just take a laptop and charge it now and again?

im planning on taking my laptop in a pelicase and charging it when needed. cuts down on space AND less power consumption.

i know i shouldnt talk about the compertition but landroveraddict.com have some great sections on overlanding. i will be venturing across there shortly

G

hey Griffdowg

ive just brought a fold out dvd screen, that can have a pc attached so this will act as my sat nav, but im currenly looking at having the laptop work as the sat nav as well

nathan

have you thought of just using a PDA? i run memory map and tomtom off my Dell axim. uses very little power, its small and fits to a holder on the windscreen.

G

hi Griffdowg

yes ive been looking at little pdas, etc i may sell the dvd unit on and get a pda satnav system not sure yet, would probably a:work out a little cheaper B:take very little power as well

ill have a look around, if i can work out how much they are selling for, and they work out ok, ill look at buying one

nathan

ive just got a dell axim x30 (i think) picked it up off ebay for £30 exc buy. the newer ones have wifi and go for alot more, mine is pretty basic but has a good processor speed. it works really well with memory map and tomtom. you can also pick up GPS mouse(es) for £35. these plug into the pda and through the software you have a gps plot with good accuracy. i use it constantly for greenlaning with maps loaded onto SD cards.

Hope this helps.

G