The standard (i.e. ‘wet’) starter and leisure batteries described here usually have a polypropylene container (available in standardised sizes) and moulded with compartments. These junction boxes are intended for use at mains meter positions where there may be a need to feed more than one consumer unit. Being designed for 240 volts, they are more than happy at 12 volts although the phenolic urea construction (think Bakelite) does make them rather brittle. Nevertheless, this material has excellent insulating properties and will take some heat.

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The eagle-eyed will notice that we had six pairs of wires to connect to our five-way junction box. We resolved this by putting the solar panel and hydraulic leveller wires together into the same connection.

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Standard starter batteries (sometimes referred to as calcium batteries, cranking batteries, lead-acid batteries, wet batteries). Category C is for users that require a lower capacity battery to cover basic operation of their habitation equipment for short periods away from a hook-up Terry Owen explains how to how to wire a leisure battery safely and attach multiple electrical devices to your caravan's battery. The problemwith your leisure battery Sparks sometimes occur when connecting up a battery and good quality clamps are needed. Temporary crocodile clips, often supplied with battery chargers, are not suitable for permanent connections. Also note that a spark can cause ignition of releasing gas or residual gas left in a cell. Temperature– The stated capacity of a battery is expressed in Amp hours (Ah) but the quoted figure is only applicable when the ambient temperature is 25C. In reality, there are many occasions in the UK when it’s much colder than 25C and for every one degree drop in temperature, there’s an approximate one per cent reduction in a battery’s Ah capacity.

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Semi traction and traction batteries (also referred to as deep cycling batteries, lead-acid batteries, wet batteries).Each compartment creates a nominal 2.12V, thereby creating a total of around 12.7V for a fully-charged battery.