AGM batteries - are they better?
Upgrade to an AGM battery. You can safely mount them inside, and upside down, and they will out-perform any flooded battery you ever owned! Here's a quote from another thread. It's typical of other...
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full_mosey wrote:
Folks, look at this list. Flooded, AGM or Gel...Which is Best?, it is from Deka East Penn, a quality mfgr. They mfgr all three types.
Good summary. Easier to read than some long threads on forums :)... Though I question at least 3 of their ratings.
1) Recovery after discharge below 50%, AGM is better than FLA. My UPG AGM warns not to discharge below 60%. Maybe Deka AGM is radically different and SOC below 50 doesn't affect it instantly (didn't try to do this to my AGM, though I doubt it will affect it instantly), but AGM being "better"?
2) Shelf life, Starting FLA = AGM. Since when shelf life of any FLA is same good as AGM?
3) Low initial cost, Deep Cycle FLA = AGM. I don't know, maybe this is true for Deka, their FLA are not very common, but this is definitely not true for other brands. AGM technology is getting cheaper so the gap narrows, and bargains can be found if you shop around, but generally, $/AH AGM is more expensive and this makes sense because technology is more complicated.
