Where R y’all? No new stuff? I love U guys. Y’all R so funny, I’ve watched Ur videos over & over. Thanks for introducing me to Rich & Fran but I love y’alls more. Do all us a favor & get on the stick & make more, plez?
We are still here doing videos, this one was episode 49 and we've done 110 episodes. check out our playlist ruclips.net/p/PLsyPfs3h6NVQ6B0Ys3C3g_WY1ABZRmsfq
hi there my name's Dave I'm not actually a boater at the moment thinking about it that's why I'm looking at all the youtube channels and picking up as much information as I can so anyway when you went to wire up yourbatteries is the label and to take pictures on your phone so that you can refer back to them you got a lovely Mrs there I know she loves you lots all the best guys ♥️ I'll keep watching
@@welldeckdiaries5610 Definitely a compliment! Thank you for for posting your vlogs. They're very entertaining & educational- We here in Maine float around on all kinds of stuff but you guys and your narrow boats look like a fun bunch- I'd like to try it out someday- very interesting...
My hubby watched this and then told me too as well, as it was good...I agree it was! Really like how you keep it real. Who hasn't gone searching and then had a memory flashback of where you put had it, so you'd find it easily. :)
Simple swap with no issues, who could ask for more. As always, finding the one thing you need (grease, a tool) is never where you remembered it to be. Love the videos Mark and Deb!
Mark, make sure you keep an eye on these Hankook batteries, mine started leaking after about a year, supplied usually from Battery megastore and they will not replace under warrenty, loads of examples online, also I did search and spoke to Hankook and they informed me they have nothing to do with them and are made in Pakistan.
While I was watching I was shouting out at the screen “check the medicine cabinet” back in the day we used the ol Vaseline for the battery terminals and chapped lips 👄 All my hardware and tools are in a barn sized workshop and 2 garages and I have to plan wayyy ahead before I start a project Very good informative vid as always 👌🏻
Well done. Electricity is always difficult for me. But with this you could‘t do very much wrong. I would have chosen the lead batteries too like you did.
Well done on opting to add some amp hour capacity. That will be nice for you on cloudy overcast days. As long as you have your battery management set properly (I’m sure you do) then you’ll enjoy many years of reliable service from those. Your wiring is nice and clean. Because of where your batteries are located in your boat they will be at a more consistent temperature day to night and seasonally then if they were under the hatch out back by your tiller. That will help them to last longer as well. Personally I think lithium technology has matured. The biggest failure point with lithium was the built in cell/battery management chips. Those are finally reliable. However the price point hasn’t dropped with the maturity. I think the biggest benefit to waiting a few more years will prove to be the price point of lithium getting closer to that of lead acid. So your decision to wait will probably prove itself to be sound. It certainly can’t hurt to let them perfect the technology even more! David from Cruising the Cut just put Lead Carbon in. Supposedly they exhibit all the positives of both lead acid and lithium and very few of the negatives from each. But they are definitely new and that technology does need time to mature and prove itself. Nice work! Cheers Jeremy
Jeremy Kamel Always nice to have a bit in reserve, although the most we’ve ever taken of the battery bank is 109Ah. I saw David vid on his lead carbon batteries, It will be interesting to see how the perform over a few years
When I put things in a safe place that I don’t use often I add it to a list on my phone ,may be its an age thing with me but it’s amazing how we can lose things on a boat
Hi, Good video, am impressed with the choice of Hankook batteries, I have had good results with some of their tyres.....but not sure about 'sealed' batteries, I have not had much luck with them. It's not possible to 'top them up' with distilled water. I used some sealed units batteries (not Hankooks) several years ago and found they did not have the longevity of unsealed units - they were deep cycle ones from a caravan shop. The Hankooks units look well made and I will be interested to learn how you get on with them. I have 5 batteries on the boat. 2 starter and 3 cabin, all 110 amp and 6 years old, hooked up to shorepower as needed and charged by a Cetek multi-stage charger.
Great job and well done. I run a small solar set up at home with 4 x 110 amp leisure SLA batteries and have considered changing them out for Lithium....... the cost is still way too silly for what they are. Yes the DOD is around 80 to 90% on the Lithium whereas the SLA will be no more than 50%, but the cost does not warrant the difference. Hopefully as the technology get better the cost will come down. I was interested to see that your batteries are wired up in Parallel just as mine are. I was told by a solar engineer that the main power take off feed points should be at opposite ends of the battery bank, the Positive from battery No1 and the Negative from battery No4, I could not see if that was the case for yours?? Oh, just one tip from the same engineer, always take a photograph on your mobile before dismantling so you have a reference :). Last question, promise!!! what software do you guys use for your videos, they are always so well presented. Take care and thank you for sharing.
The way you described the batteries being wired is a common, but no best way to wire them. The parallel connection on my configuration makes sure that every battery is used evenly and charged evenly and they should give equal lives if charged correctly.. Without diagrams its hard to explain. If you check out my other battery video at about 6mins 30 seconds in are the diagrams that will explain it ruclips.net/video/B2atlsajEjg/видео.html I use iMovie on a Mac for my editing
Always enjoy your How I Do's, so please keep them coming. My wife and I plan to move over from the US next year and become liveaboards, so the more we can learn the better. On the subject of electricity, here's a dumb question - we have hellacious thunderstorms where we live in Texas. Are there any issues with narrowboats and lightning?
Martyn Walsh No lightning issues that I’m aware of, i assume just like a plane the structure of the narrowboat will act as a Faraday cage. Wow coming to the U.K. to livaboard, have you holidayed on narrowboats?
@@welldeckdiaries5610 Makes sense. Thanks for the reply. Haven't ever been on a narrowboat but thanks to you two, the Weirs and a couple of others, we're convinced so we're going for it. :) Actually plan to head over in May for Crick, visiting a couple of boat builders, and hopefully finding a NB to hire for a few days.
I'm thinking of swapping out my 4 x 110ah flooded lead acid batteries for 4 x 130ah Hankook XL31S batteries like you.Did they come with a data sheet, because I haven't been able to find a data sheet online.
Hi Geoff, I'm pretty sure they didn't but I will check my paper work folder. Don't mean to be cheeky but if you decided to order them from Amazon then would you mind using my affiliate link as I get a small commission and the batteries don't cost you a penny extra. So far they have performed excellent and two of our boating friends have also fitted them. Stay safe👍 amzn.to/3blHxYj
That lead in them batteries have probably come from my hubbys factory , they break up old batteries & take the old lead out , then melt it down with other metal & make new lead ingots , & the battery cases get broken up & made into pellets & put into sacks for ballast for boats .
@@welldeckdiaries5610 , yes it is , it's at a place called darley dale in derbyshire , but hubby's not working at the moment , as he's gone & fallen down some steps rinsing the lead off ,to cool it off before it goes onto the lorries & he's dislocated his knee & torn all his ligaments & had to have an operation to fix it .
I like your reasoning re Lithium Iron. Is there a noticeable change in performance, with the new SLA batteries fitted vs the old? Or is it too early to tell?
we only use about 60Ah per day so our batteries never go much below 90% which is about 12.5 volts. With our old batteries the battery monitor would show 90% but the voltage on the batteries was down to 11.9 volts which equates to 40% state of charge. The test will be in a year or so time
lithium was commercialised 29 yrs ago , if you want true deep cycle batteries they only come in 2v per cell but as heavy as hell 54kgs each but are 1,110 Amp-hours at the 20 hour rate !! next best is 6v (golf cart type) next best and in my humble opinion is a "deep cycle" leisure battery, which at the CCA/Ah output and are probably at the best price point in a kind of a consumable commodity way .... thought of the day .... a bell that has been ringing, nonstop, for at least 175 years. It's powered by a single battery that was installed in 1840.(oxford electric bell) .... bonus facty thinggy .....The Centennial Light is the world's longest-lasting light bulb, burning since 1901, and almost never switched off. It is at 4550 East Avenue, Livermore, California, and maintained by the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department (centennialbulb dot org) it has its own live webcam ,love to yous all doggo's humanoids and other beings................ The Foot xx
Amen to Big Foot's info, from me a retired truck mechanic. If you're putting in batteries just to sell the boat, then lead acid is cool. Otherwise, don't waste your time and money on them, especially since you need to check the fluid in them several times a year, and they off-gas into the boat, and they leak. Lithium is a proven product without the problems and with extraordinary longevity. Super vlog. You two are the best. 🙂
Now you have had your Hankook batteries a few months how are they platforming? I'm going to replace my 110Ah leisure batteries after this trip and was looking at Hankook 130Ah would you recommend them? Regards Geoff.
Im pleased with my choice, they are performing as expected and I would recommend them, Ive had two friends fit them and they've had no problems either👍
Best bit of advice is to hire one for a weekend, thats what we did first, just a little 45ft boat, but even that was daunting. Luckily there is a wealth of information on the internet👍
I think exactly what Mark said but when you hire it is to give you a feeling of being on the canals ... when you finally find your own narrowboat /Home it is a feeling know one can truly describe 🥰. Thankyou for taking the time to watch and comment . Debbie
Ps forget lipos, li-on ,li-fe , or any other brew of electrikkkery..... remember KISS ? keep it simple stoopid , no cell balance leads , critical under voltage /over voltage situations to worry over ,in a marine/aviation environment KISS is the best lesson in industrial enginerding
Jeff Griffin I expect to replace in 3 to 4 years with Lithium’s. The trouble is the battery technological breakthroughs are astounding at the moment so hopefully within that time the manufacturers claims will be put to the test and cost would have come down also
@@welldeckdiaries5610 I expect equivalent lithium will be at least 350 quid cheaper in 3 years so I'm sure you will break even though yll have to put up with crappy lead charge / discharge characteristics for the next 3 years of course. I'm having a go at assembling my own lifepo4 batteries at the moment to keep the price down, but its still a lot of money if it doesn't work out.
steve steve Ive been watching various RUclips tutorials on building your own Lithium batteries and various BMS units so maybe when I come to replace in 3 years time I too will build my own👍
Mark, rule #1 about ever finding anything again - do not (and I repeat) do not put it 'somewhere safe'. The dictionary definition of a total mind wipe is 'put it somewhere safe'.
New batteries looked way easier to install than I imagined ... hopefully when we need to do ours it will go as well as yours did... girly question but how do you know when you need to replace them... is it obvious?
Choccysprinklies The Reading from our battery monitor indicated that they were failing. We was only using 5% of capacity but the voltage was dropping to 11.5 volts which is the capacity of a battery down to 40% state of charge
@@welldeckdiaries5610 ahhh ok... thanks... I think ours will probably need doing this year. You had just fitted your batteries and we chatted on the way to the bins at Gayton 😁
Choccysprinklies i do remember, but that wasn’t our first rendezvous, the first was at Stoke Bruerne Xmas time as you and you partner headed off for breakfast at the Boat Inn, hope it was lush
@@welldeckdiaries5610 yessssss that's correct...yeah the breakfast was fab and so was the roaring fire 🔥... weirdly... a few weeks back... we were at Midland Chandlers and I was in deep convo with a very helpful bloke who worked in there about batteries and solar panels etc (a lot of smiling and nodding from me 😂) and afterwards Steve said he'd spotted you in there too... small world hey 😂
Great to see the balanced wiring done right. Well done
Thanks 👍
Where R y’all? No new stuff? I love U guys. Y’all R so funny, I’ve watched Ur videos over & over. Thanks for introducing me to Rich & Fran but I love y’alls more. Do all us a favor & get on the stick & make more, plez?
We are still here doing videos, this one was episode 49 and we've done 110 episodes. check out our playlist
ruclips.net/p/PLsyPfs3h6NVQ6B0Ys3C3g_WY1ABZRmsfq
Thats not a bad price for 4 batteries. Will be keeping a close eye on future vlogs to see how they last up guys
will probably wait a year before I update unless I have any major issues
hi there my name's Dave I'm not actually a boater at the moment thinking about it that's why I'm looking at all the youtube channels and picking up as much information as I can so anyway when you went to wire up yourbatteries is the label and to take pictures on your phone so that you can refer back to them you got a lovely Mrs there I know she loves you lots all the best guys ♥️ I'll keep watching
Dave H 70 gongoozler Great tip regarding taking a pic on the phone, Good luck on becoming a future boater👍
We have safe places too, unfortunately you have to check most of the boat before you remember the safe place.
think its an age thing
Thank guys
Your videos are really enjoyable. You sure are a lovely couple.
Lewis Gardener Thank you👍
"Still answer it" Love it! If ya can't wow them with your wisdom- baffle them with your bull sh*t!
Wow, not sure if its a complement or an insult 😂but thanks for watching and taking the time to comment👍
@@welldeckdiaries5610 Definitely a compliment! Thank you for for posting your vlogs. They're very entertaining & educational- We here in Maine float around on all kinds of stuff but you guys and your narrow boats look like a fun bunch- I'd like to try it out someday- very interesting...
I'm also impressed. Like a foreign language to me.
As long as you was impressed, that's the main thing👍
Excellent, your tutorial has just arrived at the right time! thanks, Guy
Glad it was helpful!
Time for an update Mark! 👍🏼👎🏼👌🏼
Still as good as the day they went in 16 months ago
Just changed the battery on my little Mazda MX 5 but had to evict a mouses nest and nut store from the battery compartment first!!!
Ha Ha , poor little fellow, not you. the mouse
My hubby watched this and then told me too as well, as it was good...I agree it was! Really like how you keep it real. Who hasn't gone searching and then had a memory flashback of where you put had it, so you'd find it easily. :)
sylvia butler Ha Ha, i do it all the time😂
Like Debbie - I'm also very impressed!
Good👍
Simple swap with no issues, who could ask for more. As always, finding the one thing you need (grease, a tool) is never where you remembered it to be. Love the videos Mark and Deb!
whenever I look for something its always in the very last place I look😂
There i really POWER in this vlog!
Rolf Persson Ha Ha , very good😂
I'm regularly looking at 180Ah+ batteries. However, these are generally regular Lead Acid (AGM) type. Nice setup with the Victron kit.
Dave Mordaunt The Victron BMV 712 monitor is an awesome bit of kit and so easy to be able the check and adjust everything from your phone or tablet
Mark, make sure you keep an eye on these Hankook batteries, mine started leaking after about a year, supplied usually from Battery megastore and they will not replace under warrenty, loads of examples online, also I did search and spoke to Hankook and they informed me they have nothing to do with them and are made in Pakistan.
T D Opps, thanks for the heads up on that, i will keep an eye on them, it was Battery megastore that we got these from👍
While I was watching I was shouting out at the screen “check the medicine cabinet” back in the day we used the ol Vaseline for the battery terminals and chapped lips 👄
All my hardware and tools are in a barn sized workshop and 2 garages and I have to plan wayyy ahead before I start a project
Very good informative vid as always 👌🏻
Michael John 🤣😂 I can relate to the big workshop, when we moved out of the house and downsized I found things in there that I lost 10 years ago
Interesting to see other peoples boat setups, our boat is light on leccy use so we only have 2 leisure batteries and a starter.
Idleknight Glad you found it interesting
Well done. Electricity is always difficult for me. But with this you could‘t do very much wrong. I would have chosen the lead batteries too like you did.
Jaap Bruijn Thanks for the feed back 👍
👏❤️😁X sending regards to both of you and hugs to the fur monsters xx
Hugs back
Well done on opting to add some amp hour capacity. That will be nice for you on cloudy overcast days. As long as you have your battery management set properly (I’m sure you do) then you’ll enjoy many years of reliable service from those.
Your wiring is nice and clean. Because of where your batteries are located in your boat they will be at a more consistent temperature day to night and seasonally then if they were under the hatch out back by your tiller. That will help them to last longer as well.
Personally I think lithium technology has matured. The biggest failure point with lithium was the built in cell/battery management chips. Those are finally reliable. However the price point hasn’t dropped with the maturity. I think the biggest benefit to waiting a few more years will prove to be the price point of lithium getting closer to that of lead acid. So your decision to wait will probably prove itself to be sound. It certainly can’t hurt to let them perfect the technology even more!
David from Cruising the Cut just put Lead Carbon in. Supposedly they exhibit all the positives of both lead acid and lithium and very few of the negatives from each. But they are definitely new and that technology does need time to mature and prove itself.
Nice work!
Cheers
Jeremy
Jeremy Kamel Always nice to have a bit in reserve, although the most we’ve ever taken of the battery bank is 109Ah. I saw David vid on his lead carbon batteries, It will be interesting to see how the perform over a few years
Very interesting. You made it look easy. Thanks
Richard Foote just goes to show some of these diy jobs are quite easy to do and hopefully it will give people inspiration to attempt things their self
Love your how I do vids .fitting out my own narrowboat so any info is always welcome ... Love watching you both cruising as well
Mike Smith Wow, hats off to you, do you have a finish date?
@@welldeckdiaries5610 yep hopefully this summer !!! Been doing it since Nov 18 ,bought a sailaway .
Nice video best to draw or photograph before starting a task
Mike Williams Live and learn 😂
When I put things in a safe place that I don’t use often I add it to a list on my phone ,may be its an age thing with me but it’s amazing how we can lose things on a boat
tony hicks Good idea, Dam, where have i put my phone?🤣😂🤣😂
That safe place
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Think you will be pleased with that make of battery - I fitted HanKook to my RV and they have performed flawlessly
Thats reassuring to know👍
Interesting video thank for sharing 👍
Garry Stacey Thanks for watching👍
Super video as always.
Justine C Diamond Thanks👍
Good Video, tech time ---------back later ... have enjoyed lunch and Villa Maria ...........more later..
Hi, Good video, am impressed with the choice of Hankook batteries, I have had good results with some of their tyres.....but not sure about 'sealed' batteries, I have not had much luck with them. It's not possible to 'top them up' with distilled water. I used some sealed units batteries (not Hankooks) several years ago and found they did not have the longevity of unsealed units - they were deep cycle ones from a caravan shop. The Hankooks units look well made and I will be interested to learn how you get on with them.
I have 5 batteries on the boat. 2 starter and 3 cabin, all 110 amp and 6 years old, hooked up to shorepower as needed and charged by a Cetek multi-stage charger.
hopefully they will last me a few years until I replace with Lithiums
Nice video love the clean install :D
Cheers Matt & Ally
Just love you people :-D
Thank you ❤️
Great job and well done. I run a small solar set up at home with 4 x 110 amp leisure SLA batteries and have considered changing them out for Lithium....... the cost is still way too silly for what they are. Yes the DOD is around 80 to 90% on the Lithium whereas the SLA will be no more than 50%, but the cost does not warrant the difference. Hopefully as the technology get better the cost will come down.
I was interested to see that your batteries are wired up in Parallel just as mine are. I was told by a solar engineer that the main power take off feed points should be at opposite ends of the battery bank, the Positive from battery No1 and the Negative from battery No4, I could not see if that was the case for yours?? Oh, just one tip from the same engineer, always take a photograph on your mobile before dismantling so you have a reference :). Last question, promise!!! what software do you guys use for your videos, they are always so well presented. Take care and thank you for sharing.
The way you described the batteries being wired is a common, but no best way to wire them. The parallel connection on my configuration makes sure that every battery is used evenly and charged evenly and they should give equal lives if charged correctly.. Without diagrams its hard to explain. If you check out my other battery video at about 6mins 30 seconds in are the diagrams that will explain it
ruclips.net/video/B2atlsajEjg/видео.html
I use iMovie on a Mac for my editing
Always enjoy your How I Do's, so please keep them coming. My wife and I plan to move over from the US next year and become liveaboards, so the more we can learn the better. On the subject of electricity, here's a dumb question - we have hellacious thunderstorms where we live in Texas. Are there any issues with narrowboats and lightning?
Martyn Walsh No lightning issues that I’m aware of, i assume just like a plane the structure of the narrowboat will act as a Faraday cage.
Wow coming to the U.K. to livaboard, have you holidayed on narrowboats?
@@welldeckdiaries5610 Makes sense. Thanks for the reply. Haven't ever been on a narrowboat but thanks to you two, the Weirs and a couple of others, we're convinced so we're going for it. :) Actually plan to head over in May for Crick, visiting a couple of boat builders, and hopefully finding a NB to hire for a few days.
I'm thinking of swapping out my 4 x 110ah flooded lead acid batteries for 4 x 130ah Hankook XL31S batteries like you.Did they come with a data sheet, because I haven't been able to find a data sheet online.
Hi Geoff, I'm pretty sure they didn't but I will check my paper work folder.
Don't mean to be cheeky but if you decided to order them from Amazon then would you mind using my affiliate link as I get a small commission and the batteries don't cost you a penny extra. So far they have performed excellent and two of our boating friends have also fitted them. Stay safe👍
amzn.to/3blHxYj
That lead in them batteries have probably come from my hubbys factory , they break up old batteries & take the old lead out , then melt it down with other metal & make new lead ingots , & the battery cases get broken up & made into pellets & put into sacks for ballast for boats .
Wow, that really interesting, it the factory in the UK?
@@welldeckdiaries5610 , yes it is , it's at a place called darley dale in derbyshire , but hubby's not working at the moment , as he's gone & fallen down some steps rinsing the lead off ,to cool it off before it goes onto the lorries & he's dislocated his knee & torn all his ligaments & had to have an operation to fix it .
lori thorpe Oooch not nice, hope he’s on the mend soon
I like your reasoning re Lithium Iron. Is there a noticeable change in performance, with the new SLA batteries fitted vs the old? Or is it too early to tell?
we only use about 60Ah per day so our batteries never go much below 90% which is about 12.5 volts. With our old batteries the battery monitor would show 90% but the voltage on the batteries was down to 11.9 volts which equates to 40% state of charge. The test will be in a year or so time
@@welldeckdiaries5610 how are the lifepos holding up?
lithium was commercialised 29 yrs ago , if you want true deep cycle batteries they only come in 2v per cell but as heavy as hell 54kgs each but are 1,110 Amp-hours at the 20 hour rate !! next best is 6v (golf cart type) next best and in my humble opinion is a "deep cycle" leisure battery, which at the CCA/Ah output and are probably at the best price point in a kind of a consumable commodity way .... thought of the day .... a bell that has been ringing, nonstop, for at least 175 years. It's powered by a single battery that was installed in 1840.(oxford electric bell) .... bonus facty thinggy .....The Centennial Light is the world's longest-lasting light bulb, burning since 1901, and almost never switched off. It is at 4550 East Avenue, Livermore, California, and maintained by the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department (centennialbulb dot org) it has its own live webcam ,love to yous all doggo's humanoids and other beings................ The Foot xx
BIG FOOT wow BF that was a factoid overload. I think I’m gonna need you as my investigative researcher for future factual Vlogs
Amen to Big Foot's info, from me a retired truck mechanic. If you're putting in batteries just to sell the boat, then lead acid is cool. Otherwise, don't waste your time and money on them, especially since you need to check the fluid in them several times a year, and they off-gas into the boat, and they leak. Lithium is a proven product without the problems and with extraordinary longevity. Super vlog. You two are the best. 🙂
Like you I have now bought 4 x Hankook XL31S batteries.
What settings did you put into your Victron bmv712 smart battery monitor?
Geoff Edwards 520Ah, charged voltage 14.0v, Discharge floor 50%, Tail current 1.5%, Charge detection time 20 mins, Peukert 1.25%, Charge efficiency 85%
@@welldeckdiaries5610
Brilliant I knew I could rely on you for the info.
Thanks
Geoff
Now you have had your Hankook batteries a few months how are they platforming?
I'm going to replace my 110Ah leisure batteries after this trip and was looking at Hankook 130Ah would you recommend them?
Regards
Geoff.
Im pleased with my choice, they are performing as expected and I would recommend them, Ive had two friends fit them and they've had no problems either👍
I'm not that impressed but my bow thrusters think you are an absolute genius. :-)
Weir on the Move Well as long as you have a happy bow thruster “Young Buck” then I’m a happy chappie too😂😂
I love your videos mark and Debbie. Do you have any advice for someone who's considering buying a narrow boat who's never been on one before.
Best bit of advice is to hire one for a weekend, thats what we did first, just a little 45ft boat, but even that was daunting. Luckily there is a wealth of information on the internet👍
@@welldeckdiaries5610 I see, thank you.
I think exactly what Mark said but when you hire it is to give you a feeling of being on the canals ... when you finally find your own narrowboat /Home it is a feeling know one can truly describe 🥰. Thankyou for taking the time to watch and comment . Debbie
Ps forget lipos, li-on ,li-fe , or any other brew of electrikkkery..... remember KISS ? keep it simple stoopid , no cell balance leads , critical under voltage /over voltage situations to worry over ,in a marine/aviation environment KISS is the best lesson in industrial enginerding
You forgot to tell us if the lid fitted lol
David Neil Opps, Sorry, yes the lid fitted with about 10mm to spare
You’ll regret not going lithium when your replacing them in a few year. Best of luck!!
Jeff Griffin I expect to replace in 3 to 4 years with Lithium’s. The trouble is the battery technological breakthroughs are astounding at the moment so hopefully within that time the manufacturers claims will be put to the test and cost would have come down also
@@welldeckdiaries5610 I expect equivalent lithium will be at least 350 quid cheaper in 3 years so I'm sure you will break even though yll have to put up with crappy lead charge / discharge characteristics for the next 3 years of course. I'm having a go at assembling my own lifepo4 batteries at the moment to keep the price down, but its still a lot of money if it doesn't work out.
steve steve Ive been watching various RUclips tutorials on building your own Lithium batteries and various BMS units so maybe when I come to replace in 3 years time I too will build my own👍
Mark, rule #1 about ever finding anything again - do not (and I repeat) do not put it 'somewhere safe'. The dictionary definition of a total mind wipe is 'put it somewhere safe'.
The Canucklehead HaHa, I cant agree more😂😂
Hi. Are you still happy with these batteries? Any regrets?
These have been brilliant, still as good as the day I fitted them
@@welldeckdiaries5610 Great, thanks for the quick reply. Keep up the good work.
New batteries looked way easier to install than I imagined ... hopefully when we need to do ours it will go as well as yours did... girly question but how do you know when you need to replace them... is it obvious?
Choccysprinklies The Reading from our battery monitor indicated that they were failing. We was only using 5% of capacity but the voltage was dropping to 11.5 volts which is the capacity of a battery down to 40% state of charge
@@welldeckdiaries5610 ahhh ok... thanks... I think ours will probably need doing this year. You had just fitted your batteries and we chatted on the way to the bins at Gayton 😁
Choccysprinklies i do remember, but that wasn’t our first rendezvous, the first was at Stoke Bruerne Xmas time as you and you partner headed off for breakfast at the Boat Inn, hope it was lush
@@welldeckdiaries5610 yessssss that's correct...yeah the breakfast was fab and so was the roaring fire 🔥... weirdly... a few weeks back... we were at Midland Chandlers and I was in deep convo with a very helpful bloke who worked in there about batteries and solar panels etc (a lot of smiling and nodding from me 😂) and afterwards Steve said he'd spotted you in there too... small world hey 😂
The windlass called a windlass 🤔🤔🤔🤔??????????
Did you get money back on the empties?
Mike Williams not have a vehicle we had no way of getting them to a recycling centre, i believe you get about £12 a battery
Assault on battery 😂
🤣😂
@@welldeckdiaries5610 you’ll be on a charge for that reply ⚡️⚡️😎⛴💨💨💨💨💨⚡️⚡️⚡️