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Liam Murphy



Member Since: 29 Jul 2020
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United Kingdom 2009 Defender 110 2.5 TD HT Tamar Blue
Leisure Battery fitted to SSE Utility
I've recently bought a 2009 ex SSE 110 Puma, and I'm trying to find information on refitting the leisure battery.


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The battery itself has been removed, but there still seems to be a fuse box remaining, where the battery terminals are connected:


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Can anyone assist me in identifying any additional parts?

Under the Driver's seat, there is the usual fuses which I've checked in the Haynes manual:


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Nothing looks out of the ordinary but the wabco is the ABS correct?


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I'm thinking of adding the same brand 95AH Yuasa battery, with a 110 amp wire relay kit:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1M-Split-Charge...2763.l2649

Any help or assistance will be greatly appreciated Smile

Cheers!
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Joe the Plumber



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If it's any help, Halford's leisure batteries are made by Yuasa, and it's normally pretty easy to get a trade card there which will get you 20% off.

I bought four of their HLB700 100AH batteries a few weeks back (it's a Yuasa L36-EFB with a different label) and got £88 off the RRP.

You do have to be careful with leisure batteries as many of them are, er, cra, er, not very good. If you've got time, there's loads of info here:

http://www.aandncaravanservices.co.uk/battery-technology.php
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Liam Murphy



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Thanks! Yeah i've read somewhere that you can run AGM leisure batteries below 50%, so I was thinking of the AGM version of that range. They're a little more at £160 though:

https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/yuas...gJ8dfD_BwE
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dorsetsmith



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wabco is the ABS correct yes

second pic down is voltage sensing split charging unit ( no long made )
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Liam Murphy



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So that's the split charging unit? I'll put a battery on it and see if it's still working before I order a new one
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jst



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Just put a volt meter on its outputs and check engine running.

Numax leisure batteries I have found to be 8n readily good value and performance, have run them for over 10 years now. Cheers

James
110 XS Utility
130 Puma Station wagon/camper (in the making)
90 Puma Hardtop
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Joe the Plumber



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Have a read up on AGMs in the link I posted (there's various other articles at the top of that site). I don't think you'll buy one afterwards.
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Liam Murphy



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I didn't buy one after reading that!

Thanks, went for EFB instead

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07F8V...&psc=1
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MichaelE



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Joe the Plumber wrote:
Have a read up on AGMs in the link I posted (there's various other articles at the top of that site). I don't think you'll buy one afterwards.


I gave up on that site after trawling round for 15 minutes trying to find out what AGM stands for. Not even in the AGM batteries section or FAQs does it say. Nowhere.
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Joe the Plumber



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Absorbed Glass Matting. I'd give it another go if I were you. There's stacks of very sensible information on there.

The L36-EFB Yuasas are the Halfords HLB700 ones I got (same battery, different label).

If you can't get a trade card, they're currently £110, otherwise £88. Sorry Liam.
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Liam Murphy



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Yeah I couldn't get a trade card in time, so went with the Amazon link instead. Thanks for the heads up though!

Have you daisy chained 4 of them together?
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jst



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whats the capacity of that battery then? i see its 100Ah but what the storage size? Cheers

James
110 XS Utility
130 Puma Station wagon/camper (in the making)
90 Puma Hardtop
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s55shh



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my 2011 ex SSE Utility had two leisure batteries under the bulkhead behind the seats. Under the drivers side one was the eberspacher. There was no room under the seat as it had all of the isolator wiring for the winch.
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Joe the Plumber



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Liam Murphy wrote:
Yeah I couldn't get a trade card in time, so went with the Amazon link instead. Thanks for the heads up though!

Have you daisy chained 4 of them together?


That's a shame, but I know when you need something now, you need it now.

Yes, they're in parallel, so 400Ah capacity but still 12v (you link all the positives one side and the negatives the other.)

I perhaps should have mentioned they're on our narrow boat, not in my Defender though!
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Liam Murphy



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United Kingdom 2009 Defender 110 2.5 TD HT Tamar Blue
jst wrote:
Just put a volt meter on its outputs and check engine running.

Numax leisure batteries I have found to be 8n readily good value and performance, have run them for over 10 years now.


It's reading about .5 / .6V when the engine is running, is that enough for a split charge?


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