Posted by Jon Hagen on November 17, 2007 at 15:26:11 from (12.175.230.56):
In Reply to: Batteries posted by farmer boy on November 17, 2007 at 12:10:57:
For a "wet" battery where you can add water, I am about ready to change the second set of batteries in my 20 year old JD 4450. The original JD's ran 9 years and the Interstates that replaced them are now 11 years old and failing.
You asked for Wet battery recomendations, so thats what you got. For my own stuff, I will only replace the old flooded cell batterys with AGM sealed spiral cell batteries from Optima or Exide Orbital. No corrosion,little self discharge and very long life If you do not overcharge them. Of the 9 AGM spiral cell batteries I own, none have failed, with the oldest(an Optima) being 16 years old.
To you guys saying you like the GEL cell batteries for automotive applications, are you sure their GEL cell and not AGM non spillable batterys ? The gel cells have big problems in high charge / discharge situations,(bubbles in the gel electrolyte) while the AGM's do not.
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