Regarding your new AGM battery....
- If your car never seems to have a low battery after sitting weeks and weeks
- You have accidentally left the headlights on drawing the battery down so the engine won't start
- Like to listen to the car radio with engine off
- Sometimes go where the temperature is near freezing overnight
- Hate the sight of corrosion on battery cables and on the new hole of your blouse sleeve...
You're gonna LOVE that new AGM battery. It may not say Deep Cycle but no matter, even car AGM batteries have better cyclability than standard RV car jar flooded Deep Cycle batteries. Eight or ten accidental drain downs until unable to start engine (then quickly recharge) the AGM will not adversely affect the battery. But like with deep cycle regular usage the battery must then be recharged 100% full.
Cars with alternators that finish charging in the thirteen volt range are OK with AGM. Why? Because underhood temperatures are far hotter than places where RV AGM batteries hang out. The charge until 100% full rule is strict only where the battery is cycled. And the car alternator certainly meets the 20% minimum amp hour recharge rate.
So - bottom line....
Happy battery
Ecstatic owner
