westend wrote:
The AGM has a few advantages, will charge quicker, will not freeze if less than charged fully, has low discharge for storage. The FLA is a clear winner for price/AH. I haven't had any issues with acid ruining my clothes, injuring any adjacent gear, or lost a lot of time with maintenance. Maybe it's just me.:h :B
I'm interested in the claim of faster charging for AGM. I recharge by gen and exclusively drycamp. I use FLA 4x6volt and recharge at C/5.75 (80A into 460 AH). That's about as fast as I'm comfortable with.
Does anyone have experience with faster charging than this using AGM?
I'm pretty happy with the speed of my recharging as it gets done with normal gen usage for the microwave or other high draw uses, but if I wanted less gen run time, I'd go to solar, not AGM.