Leisure battery locations - why?

[RobFlynn]

From what I’ve noticed on here, most people who install leisure batteries under a front seat (and have two single seats) choose to install on the driver’s side. Is there any good reason for this?

 

[ginkster]

No specific reason. Mine is under the passenger seat as the pipework for the diesel heater is under my drivers seat. Others may have it the other way due to seat swivels, the fuses under the passenger seat or to reduce the cable length from the starter battery to the DC-DC depending where they put that. Either way, the space is the same and both seats bases have a ground point unless there are other mods getting in the way.

 

[Badjamin]

From what I’ve noticed on here, most people who install leisure batteries under a front seat (and have two single seats) choose to install on the driver’s side. Is there any good reason for this?

From my perspective I dunno why people don't choose the passenger seat base for the rig. a lot of vans start with a bench seat instead of single passenger swivel and as a swivel is a relatively cheap mod, it's easier to focus all the electrics to the driver's seat base and have a swivel on the bench. Then after a while bench is upgraded to a single swivel. Maybe it's a trend. I'd have thought more apt for amps t be under the drivers seat. Who knows?

 

[manfrotto]

An interesting discussion. My van has a double passenger seat that flips open with plenty of room, so from that perspective it would be ideal for a leisure battery. But if I want a swivel seat then all that changes, so need to consider the future changes that may be required.
I don't have a leisure battery at the moment, but will be something I will be looking at, hence following this discussion. I did quite like the ecoflow delta system as another option. So far by being careful with energy usage we haven't needed any additional power, but have a jump starter pack just in case.

I have always been mindful of power usage after being on boats, and not being able to start the motor due to both start and house batteries being too discharged

 

[Dellmassive]

It's because the kitchen units are on the driver's side, so keeps all the cableing to one side .. battery and fuse box feeds.

But as above you can place anywhere.

Left ,right or rear.

 

[jimc91]

Passenger seat has a swivel on it plus there’s extra wiring on that side which for me would take up valuable space as it gets very tight when trying to get everything under one seat

 

[RobFlynn]

My build is progressing slowly - kombi as daily and two kids so edging towards the BIG STUFF. I’ve got 2 amps under the the single passenger seat and just about finished a battery/b2b charger build completed under the driver’s seat. I have a primary midi-fuse box alongside the battery but not the room I wanted for another blade fuse box for lights, fridge, etc. it got me thinking as to where to put it. It actually makes quite a bit of sense to put it behind an access panel on the n/s near the tailgate. Very easily accessible as opposed to being buried at the back of a cupboard. Cable runs from the fuse box to fridge would be a little longer, but no difference in heavy cable length (seat to back) if the seat installs were reversed. Ball-ache but maybe better.
Thoughts?
Any concerns over voltage drops?