I suggest you check the internet.There are myriads of sellers at various prices. Depending on your vehicles electrical capability the best unit for your van would be an AGM fully sealed unit of about 100AH.I use a 120ah Full River brand but there are many good ones out there.Some even have free delivery.Most of the batteries these days come out of China,Korea and Malaysia and most users have very little or no trouble with them.I would certainly steer clear of calcium batteries and go for an AGM. Under the bonnet of my vehicle I run a 55ah deep cycle to run the fridge in the back and the alternator copes with the start battery the van battery too.

Hi.

Firstly. What are you charging it with. Alternator. Panels ??.

Price "Giant" AGM's. I got mine from net 85a x 2. Never missed a beat so far.
They fitted in my front boot position neater than 1 x 110\120a I had.

With 2 x 130w Panels to feed them. (Have spare 85w on Ute roof).
Will install another panel later if req'd.
Have a Hybrid AGM "Spiral Wound Cell" Battery too, under my bonnet.
Aussie Dealer. Aussie Warranty.
With further (older)85 x 90 CCA Wet cells in tray too for veh.
Charged through elecronic, Dual batt controller with the 80w panel to float.

I tried 2 x Full River AGM.s yrs ago (Different times).
Neither lasted as long as my Exide Exremes. on same panel
eg system.
NOT very impressed for the price (exxy in those days). Primarily kept on float.
Van parked. with Compressor fridge permanently on along with a coupla lights.
Both only gave around 4 yrs. (345w panels)
Sold van, Sans, Battery's. Buy your own.
New.

PS. Full River are Chinese MFG. Or were.

IF you are game and have $ then try the LiFePO4 120AH from accessantennas in Perth And Brisbane. I have only done 10days with a mix of free camps and parks around vic and nsw. It is a direct replacement for a single AGM battery no series or parallel and charged only by a 220Watt cheap mppt panel. At this stage looking okay but too early to recommend but it does have a 2 year warranty and most normal battery chargers work . The BMS battery management system is internal so treat like a AGM. I did watch the 240 batt charger start to hit 16 volts and called the guys, said no problems.

When I was looking for batteries a while ago, I was under the impression that batteries were no longer made in Australia

I purchased 2 x Bosch 120 AH, AGM batteries, as they were heavier than other brands of the same AH
I also brought local because, if they failed, the cost of sending them back through the post, would have been expensive

Tony Bev wrote:

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RoamerAllWaze wrote:

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IF you are game and have $ then try the LiFePO4 120AH from accessantennas in Perth And Brisbane. I have only done 10days with a mix of free camps and parks around vic and nsw. It is a direct replacement for a single AGM battery no series or parallel and charged only by a 220Watt cheap mppt panel. At this stage looking okay but too early to recommend but it does have a 2 year warranty and most normal battery chargers work . The BMS battery management system is internal so treat like a AGM. I did watch the 240 batt charger start to hit 16 volts and called the guys, said no problems.

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 May I be one of the first to welcome you to the forum, RoamerAllWaze

Is there any chance of giving some periodical updates on your LiFePO4 120AH battery

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Hi Tony,

thanks for the welcome

Unfortunately my roaming status is in the heart and we still have a home base.

We will be heading Off for another two weeks free camp/parks late November, will let you know how it goes. From my perspective it is the discharge capacity and low weight I am paying for. 

We are not on the road full time but the batt is lighter and can be drained to near empty according to the specs.

So prepared to risk it given that an AGM cannot discharge so low.

By the way, My 5 + year old  100AH FullRiver is now in the Triton cab feeding the Evakool compressor and still purring along.

So I have the highest regard for the AGMs.

 

Hello Cowboy7307
You have Battery World in Hobart, there are also 6 Jaycar stores in Tasmania, also Island Batteries
I notice Island Batteries are agents for Full River batteries which would be my choice
Cheers
JeffRae

Kebbin wrote:

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Make sure to check out different brands same A/hr and see if there is a difference in weight the heavier batteries are probably correctly rated with the lighter ( by 3-4 kg) are probably over rated, all Giant Batteries are lighter then named brand batteries, just saying, so don't bother Macka.

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 Kebbin ... You had me a bit worried with your comment about weight ...  My new Giant 130aH has just arrived at my front door freight free.  I had looked at weight as well as price along with reviews before choosing Giant.

A quick check/comparison of weights showed the only direct comparison in the 100ish  aH range was

115aH Giant 28.5kg    v  115 aH FullRiver 32kg.

So it seems you are right, but there's buggar all in it ....  not like the price.

 

I think that I made an OK decision.

 

 

Oh yes ... This is a  supplier of FullRiver and others in Tassie.

Every Battery ...

• Launceston Store (03) 6334 4170
• Glenorchy Store (03) 6218 2862

 

ps .. The Warranty might be another story  ..  But THE PRICE !!!! makes my decision.

Out of interest.
Who's factory do his Battery's come out of..
China.Japan. Europe. Malaysia?.

IE. The actual MFG's label. Giant. Full River. etc.etc.

They spent a few million last year on a new Australian factory