Question For AGM Battery Owners...
Are there folks out there who have decided they do not like AGM batteries and believe their AGM battery purchase was a mistake, and should have purchased standard flooded lead acid batteries instead? ...
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Hi BFL13,
For agm an amp-hour counter becomes essential because there is no way to check specific gravity.
BTW you shocked me by talking about that evil metrology call "watts". Next thing you know you will be advocating permanent flat solar panel installs. (is there an AA group for that?)
I'm seriously considering a trip to USA to get lower cost AGM jars. The prices in Canada are insanely high every where I have looked.
AGM's are not quite as easily sulfated, but once they are undoing it is a real tight wire balancing act.
For agm an amp-hour counter becomes essential because there is no way to check specific gravity.
BTW you shocked me by talking about that evil metrology call "watts". Next thing you know you will be advocating permanent flat solar panel installs. (is there an AA group for that?)
I'm seriously considering a trip to USA to get lower cost AGM jars. The prices in Canada are insanely high every where I have looked.
AGM's are not quite as easily sulfated, but once they are undoing it is a real tight wire balancing act.
BFL13 wrote:
Everyone talks about no maintenance, but does not define what sort of maintenance that is. Obviously, you do not need an hydrometer or to add water.
The thing seemingly ignored is equalizing-overcharging-topcharging after doing a camping session off-grid of several 50-90s in a row.
The AGMs need it, same as Wets would, but how in heck do you measure your progress in doing that without an hydrometer is the mystery.
So people who respond to this thread should be careful to explain their own scenarios wrt that.
