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MEXICOWANDERER
Dec 09, 2016Explorer
Calcium calcium flooded batteries hate to be cycled at - all - period.
And the group 65 flooded is a problem child to begin with. Acid to active plate area ratio is poorer than even on a high CCA group 31. Same manufacturer a 700 CCA 31 will outlast a 1000 CCA by a condiderable margin.
Only hot tar can resolve post to lid sealing compromise. Throwing a fit I slopped Henry's roofing compound around the posts on some of the Trojans. They were one of the last to maintain higher percentage antimony in both cranking and cycling batteries.
I simply do not trust point of origin for AGM batteries. China. Mexico. I am going with Deka for engine starting AGM and I know if I forget to shut something off the absorbed glass mat construction toletates over-discharge much better. In really cold country the significantly higher CCA is a bonus. An AGM post lid seal is done differently and leakage only occurs if the battery is damaged.
I am not a fan of flooded calcium calcium. And not being Evil Kneivel I could cate less about coiled cell G force tolerance.
And the group 65 flooded is a problem child to begin with. Acid to active plate area ratio is poorer than even on a high CCA group 31. Same manufacturer a 700 CCA 31 will outlast a 1000 CCA by a condiderable margin.
Only hot tar can resolve post to lid sealing compromise. Throwing a fit I slopped Henry's roofing compound around the posts on some of the Trojans. They were one of the last to maintain higher percentage antimony in both cranking and cycling batteries.
I simply do not trust point of origin for AGM batteries. China. Mexico. I am going with Deka for engine starting AGM and I know if I forget to shut something off the absorbed glass mat construction toletates over-discharge much better. In really cold country the significantly higher CCA is a bonus. An AGM post lid seal is done differently and leakage only occurs if the battery is damaged.
I am not a fan of flooded calcium calcium. And not being Evil Kneivel I could cate less about coiled cell G force tolerance.
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