Converting to Solar/AGM

I think most of the engineer types here advocate venting even AGM batteries. I know some here don't. They won't outgas unless overcharged BUT, depending on the AGM, they CAN outgas a little on a hot day with a "high" float voltage. Example: 100F with a 13.6V float.

full_mosey wrote:


Read Here => The pdf file: Page 20, Paragraph 5.5 Conditioning.

I don't know why their web page doesn't make this clear. Likely the difference between Engineering and Marketing/PR folks. I believe the pdf.

I think even their engineers refer to it as conditioning even though you are still introducing an overcharge to the batteries (just like equalization). The big difference here is that you aren't trying to equalize cells on AGMs. You are trying to remove sulphates from the plates to recover capacity.