Reply From Concorde Battery re Lifeline Float
"Thank you for your inquiry. The float voltage spec is 13.2 to 13.4 volts at 25°C. This may be lower than other AGM manufacturers, but these specs have been used for many years on Lifeline batterie...
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The issue is/was if, yes or no, Lifeline batteries are "different" than competitive absorbed glass mat batteries.
The answer is "NO"
It's just that Concorde is managed by engineers, and to squeeze every last nano minute of life out of a battery, float voltages need to be set so as to maintain 100% charge in the battery and no more. It is splitting, already split hairs. Read the full Concorde PDF battery maintenance file and see if your AGM maintenance protocol follows the Concorde protocol. I'll bet it doesn't.
Nevertheless, I agree with Concorde's philosophy regarding maintenance floating ANY type of lead acid battery - flooded or VRB.
I quipped earlier that I was not going to worry about the 13.71 perpetual float voltage of the WFCO charger that is maintaining my batteries. So sue me. I am forcing the battery to only a 10-year lifespan. About four or five years longer than my own.
Warranted 60-months for all intents and purposes is the same as Lifetime Warranty as far as I'm (me) concerned.
But the main points are, Concorde is being operated correctly...right to the letter and I like that.
The answer is "NO"
It's just that Concorde is managed by engineers, and to squeeze every last nano minute of life out of a battery, float voltages need to be set so as to maintain 100% charge in the battery and no more. It is splitting, already split hairs. Read the full Concorde PDF battery maintenance file and see if your AGM maintenance protocol follows the Concorde protocol. I'll bet it doesn't.
Nevertheless, I agree with Concorde's philosophy regarding maintenance floating ANY type of lead acid battery - flooded or VRB.
I quipped earlier that I was not going to worry about the 13.71 perpetual float voltage of the WFCO charger that is maintaining my batteries. So sue me. I am forcing the battery to only a 10-year lifespan. About four or five years longer than my own.
Warranted 60-months for all intents and purposes is the same as Lifetime Warranty as far as I'm (me) concerned.
But the main points are, Concorde is being operated correctly...right to the letter and I like that.
