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Re: Gel Filled Batteries
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Posted by Jon Hagen on December 05, 2006 at 20:05:11 from (69.26.29.154):
In Reply to: Gel Filled Batteries posted by T.C. in Tx on December 05, 2006 at 17:55:01:
I never have used a gel filled battery,but have used the AGM (Absorbant glass mat) batterys made by Optima and Exide Orbital. my first Optima is still going strong, been in a 80 chevy one ton crew cab for 15 years. Nothing corrodes and they are nearly indestructable if you don't overcharge them. If you really overcharge them,the pressure relief valves will open and vent electrolyte from the absorbant glass mat seperators and destroy the battery. The Exide Orbital clone of the Optima seems as indestructable as the Optima,and is cheaper, The oldest I have of them is 8 years old and good as new. The two grp 24 Exide orbitals in my diesel combine out cranks the original grp 31 flooded cell batteries by quite a margin,and never ever a corroded cable. One fellow on this site said that AGM batteries in a solar power system failed early on and said they would not take an equalization charge. A Google search for the words equalization charge and AGM battery led me to a battery site that said you never ever attempt an equalization charge on an AGM battery,they do not need it and that an attempt at an equalization charge,overcharges an AGM battery and destroys it. If you put one in your car/truck/tractor with a good working regulated charging system. and never put a high amperage "hot" charger on it and walk away for an hour or two,the spiral cell battery may well outlast the machine.
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