Halfords Leisure Battery HLB678

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Does anyone know how long these take to recharge with a smart charger?

Halfords Leisure Battery HLB678.

Or at what point are considered dead if don’t fully charge? Is 24 hours charging enough to conclude dead? 48 hours?

I’ve inherited 2 that don’t seem to recharge (or charger is faulty). Plus I’ve bought a new one.

Going to borrow different charger to try.

One has sufficient ionised water, other didn’t, have topped up but suspect battery will be dead.

Anyone know expected lifetime of these batteries.

I’ve been told last years, run a small fence about a month, then need recharging?

Any advice useful?

Link to charger - https://www.halfords.com/motoring/b...IOObRBNB-6v9OtwOEkzQB7flaCWHm7BwaArHQEALw_wcB

Link to battery - https://www.halfords.com/motoring/b...s/halfords-leisure-battery-hlb678-960013.html

 

[Northern Hare]

Hi, here's a link to an article about leisure batteries on the Caravan Club website, it will hopefully help to answer your question.

Caravan Club Battery Article

 

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Hi, here's a link to an article about leisure batteries on the Caravan Club website, it will hopefully help to answer your question.

Caravan Club Battery Article

Thanks, that’s all very general.

This is a popular electric fence battery, I was hoping someone had more specific experience of the battery in terms of charging time.

 

[druid]

Mine charge in a day, sometimes they wil say they are fully charged but aren't and we have to switch the charge to pulse/repair mode for 30mins then back to normal charging mode if needed and it works fine

 

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Mine charge in a day, sometimes they wil say they are fully charged but aren't and we have to switch the charge to pulse/repair mode for 30mins then back to normal charging mode if needed and it works fine

Thanks what make of charger do you have, mine doesn’t have a pulse / repair mode.

 

[Northern Hare]

Thanks, that’s all very general.

This is a popular electric fence battery, I was hoping someone had more specific experience of the battery in terms of charging time.

Ah ok, apologies but for some reason I had it in my mind that your batteries were for a horsebox - sorry!

 

[druid]

Thanks what make of charger do you have, mine doesn’t have a pulse / repair mode.

No idea, it was a cheap option off eBay

 

[Kaylum]

Are they heavier at the bottom when you lift them up?

 

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Are they heavier at the bottom when you lift them up?

Don’t think so it’s a solid plastic unit with handle and heavy?

 

[Kaylum]

OK if they are heavier at the bottom they have probably collapsed inside and are dead. But if you can't tell then yes try another charger.

 

[Art Nouveau]

I'm not great at electricity stuff but that's a 70Ah battery and 5.4A charger (ie would charge a 5.4Ah battery in one hour) so it would take nearly 13 hours to charge that battery if it were completely without charge to start with. Bearing in mind that if you run a battery down to 0 charge it may never recover.


Does your energiser have an indicator light? Mine flash red rather than green when the battery is running low. I wouldn't want to leave a 70Ah battery for a month without recharging, I think that's pushing it a bit.

 

[PeterNatt]

We use Halfords Leisure Batteries for our electric fencing and they take about 14 hours to charge using a Halfords car barttery charger.
We find they last about 2 - 3 years.

 

[Merry neddy man]

You are NEVER meant to let your battery go fully flat, get into the habit of topping it up it every 2 weeks or so.

 

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I'm not great at electricity stuff but that's a 70Ah battery and 5.4A charger (ie would charge a 5.4Ah battery in one hour) so it would take nearly 13 hours to charge that battery if it were completely without charge to start with. Bearing in mind that if you run a battery down to 0 charge it may never recover.


Does your energiser have an indicator light? Mine flash red rather than green when the battery is running low. I wouldn't want to leave a 70Ah battery for a month without recharging, I think that's pushing it a bit.

I’ve inherited the batteries one I saw die by energised lights. The charger has orange charger light on when charging but never goes off.

 

[Dexter]

You should keep batteries at 50% ideally, if you let them run totally flat there's a good chance they are dead. The make and model doesn't matter. It applies to all leisure batteries.

 

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You should keep batteries at 50% ideally, if you let them run totally flat there's a good chance they are dead. The make and model doesn't matter. It applies to all leisure batteries.

How do you know when they are dropping to nearly 50%?