pianotuna wrote:
BFL13,
I think "starved acid" means there is more "plate" material than "acid". I.E. the electrolyte "runs out" while there is still "active material" on the plate, but the ph has become quite low.
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Reading stuff from Google Wiki etc, they are clear on what "acid starved" means vs "flooded", but I can't find anything on "surplus acid".
I have the info on low vs high SG in flooded batts. What I am missing is info on the SG of the acid in SLA ("acid starved") batts.
There is also some confusion for me in reading how floating is better with low SG when they also say calcium is better than antimony for that. I am not sure if there is a mix-up there; eg, if it is a co-incidence that high SG just goes with antimony or what.
They say the telecom UPS batts are Gel not AGM too, just to help!
My AGMs have charging specs for use in either "cycle" or "standby" use (the 8D, 6GFM250) or "cycle(repeating use)" and "float use" for the 100AH Stark brand ones.
That sounds like "dual purpose" to me. However, they are not anything like "marine/RV" batts that are dual purpose starting/deep cycle. These AGMs can be deep cycled all you want.
I think you guys are causing extra trouble by talking about "telecom" batts and "server UPS batts" when I can't relate that to my AGM "use" choices of "standby" and "cycle".
