In these tough economic times, caravanners may be tempted to use a car battery in place of a dedicated caravan battery, but doing so could be a false economy.
As AdvancedBatterySupplies pointed out, car batteries and leisure batteries are designed for two distinctly different purposes.
Indeed, car batteries are designed to produce a large amount of power in a short space of time before they are recharged.
This means they will not hold their charge for long if used in place of a leisure battery, which is designed to store power and release it slowly over a longer period.
“Even though using a car battery may seem like a cheaper option, in the long run it will cost you more money to keep replacing the battery,” the company stated.
“It will also cost you your time, so using leisure batteries from the outset is a more convenient and effective long-term solution for powering your caravan.”
