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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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GordonThree
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Mar 19, 2018
pianotuna wrote:
GordonThree,

Are those data center batteries a "surplus acid" design AGM?


Don,

I do not know. Most are the common 12v 7ah type, connected in various ways, series for bigger ups, parallel for smaller ones. A few very small ups have series 6v AGM inside.

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