Originally Posted by Steve Firth

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:39:41 +0100, Dave Fawthrop wrote:

Leisure batteries (when not maintenance free) require topping up at
intervals. Insist that your customer tops up the battery at regular
intervals. 2 monthly should be fine, if you install some sort of charge
controller.

Errrm, if he fits a solar panel and a Rutland (or similar) controller the
idea is that the battery will be topped up continuously in daylight hours.
The problem is that in winter the days will be short, the sun will be of
much lesser intensity and snowfall or days of low cloud will leave the
possibility that the panel fails to charge the battery. This is why a
second source such as a wind generator is a good idea.