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Rick · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:21 pm

We sold off the old leisure battery at the end of the last outdoor season so we need to get a new one sorted, who's seen a bargin? or do we think about splashing out on a kippor silent genny?

stuart · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:23 pm

Get a geeny . Got to be cheeper and easyer in the long run .

Rick · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:40 pm

Just been doing some hunting
something decent like a kipor silent genny £280 + juice
Varta 95AH deep cycle leisure battery £100
broken kipor?
£51
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kipor-Generat ... 231a02b83a

£21
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KIPOR-IG2000- ... 1c2401e805

£0.99
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kipor-IG-1000 ... 27c3b5fb5e

if we're looking at new, it's got to be leisure battery route, can replace it 3 times for the cost without even thinking about the petrol costs but maybe we could buy the 0.99p one and the £21 quid one, they sound like different faults, so hopefully donor one to repair the other, but it's a bit of a gamble

edit found the genny cheaper

Tom · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:08 pm

Can be discuss on Sunday?

chez · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:13 pm

im with tom on that discuss sunday , i will get price of new batt tomor at work ,
i was looking at a kipor last season , but they do keep there value

Ian · **Posted:** Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:34 pm

Leisure battery for my money rather than a smelly genny. Mine and Ste's came from here:

http://www.ribblesdaleauto.co.uk/html/p ... t.php?id=6

£65+Vat for 110Ah

bandyleg · **Joined:** Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:25 pm **Posts:** 142

I have a leisure battery that can be had for free by the club im not sure how good it is but some guy at workk upgraded to 2 gel ones so this one i errrr gave it a new home in the boot of my car

scotty_big_flip · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:46 pm

remember last years regenal when one of the main heats got stoped half way thru becauce of flat lesure battrie? mite not be a bad idea to splash out on a genny.

Paul · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:14 pm

Genny is good a good idea as long as it is quiet for those early sunday morning in Kendal. Storage is a problem though.
A Battery is fine in the main too, could we hire a genny for the Steam Fair and the Regional?

Rick · **Posted:** Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:07 pm

The 750w or 1000w kipor ones are meant to be 65db, so plenty quiet enough and only weight 16 kilos, lighter than a big leisure battery, and not much difference size wise. we already have petrol for the mower to deal with.
if we decide to go for battery power i'm sure we can drum up an extra battery or 2 from the start, my 110ah one could have been added into the race control one if we'd planned ahead

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