VRLA Battery question
I purchased a new Yamaha generator and it was shipped to me. It came with a VRLA Battery. The battery was shipped dry with the electrolyte solution shipped separately. I put the solution in the bat...
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RJsfishin wrote:
This is almost haylarious !
A VRLA battery is a "valve regulated lead acid battery"
An AGM is an "absorbed glass matt battery" (lead acid battery)
Long ago, I bought a VRLA battery, and after 10 yrs, I sawed it in 1/2, and it was an AGM....."absorbed glass matt battery. They are the same type battery. The later ones are able to be home filled, then sealed,
I didn’t mean to make you laugh. I'm no expert on this stuff so that's why I asked on this forum.
All I know is that I followed the instruction in the owner’s manual. The battery was installed in an EF6300iSDE-H Yamaha generator but was not wired up. I had to remove it from the generator and add electrolyte (or that’s what it said on the container that the solution was). After empting the container into the battery there was a plastic sealing strip that came with it that I placed over the fill holes of the battery and it snapped into place and created an air tight seal. It does not appear that the strap is removable now that I have it in place.
The owner’s manual and the instruction in the box with the electrolyte said, “This is a VRLA battery and needs constant voltage when charging. If you do not have a charger that can provide a constant charge, take the battery to an authorized Yamaha dealer for charging”.
Bottom line is that it works and I don’t care what kind of battery it is.
