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MEXICOWANDERER
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Mar 18, 2018

AGM Batteries Do Not "Dry Out" Unless Physically Damaged

AGM batteries do not dry out unless violently mistreated The batteries are sealed Special battery caps recombine oxygen and hydrogen and precipitate it back onto the glass mat Special relief valv...
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westend
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Mar 18, 2018
GordonThree wrote:
I have plenty of physically undamaged AGM batteries that are dried out. Pulled from years of standby service from datacenter UPS.
Would this probably be due to an incorrect charging schedule? If the caps are continuously venting, they will dry out quickly.

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