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RJsfishin
Explorer
Jan 21, 2014

Optima, Gel or AGM, Advertised as both, which is it?

This question came up,....... Optima, gel or AGM, which is it? Whats the difference? Its advertised as both. I know what an "absorbed glass mat" battery looks like inside, because I sawed one in ha...
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time2roll
Nomad
Jan 21, 2014
I don't think you will find "GEL" on the oem website.
Optima is only AGM.

Light gray case is deep cycle. Beauty of AGM is that even deep cycle has lots of cranking amps and so it will carry a start rating same as other 12v "true deep cycle" such as Trojan.

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