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landyacht318
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Jun 12, 2015

Firefly AGM. carbon foam tech.

Just saw this on a marine forum

Carbon foam AGM

Makes claims about resistance to sulfation in partial state of charge cycling.
http://fireflyenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/12VG31-brochure.pdf

One guy claims to have left them at 38% state of charge for nine months and then after a recharge and a capacity test, revealed they had not lost any capacity.

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  • Never tell a fishing lie somewhere where others know the fish...

    The guy who invented the 3,000 MPG carburetor was

    Murdered
    Bought Out
    Threatened
    Thrown in a loonie bin
    Arrested for failure to pay alimony
    Dissolved by leprosy
    Lost all memory when he stuck his finger in a light socket
    Lost a duel to a guy who claimed his carburetor gets 3,500

    Carbon fiber, titanium, Spectra, Palladium, Polonium, Popcorn, all are buzzwords.

    I ha a friend who got argumentative when anybody challenged his bragging that his new '86 Chevy 3/4 ton 4X4 got 20 MPG. When I rode in it the vehicle had

    Low tires
    A headwind
    Cargo (A spare)
    Needed a tune-up
    High elevation (500 ft)
    Dirty oil
    And the all-time king! BAD GASOLINE!
  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    They say "More than 4 times cycle life compared to Flooded...

    Then farther down the page they say it should last 5-10 years in RV use

    My Interstate U-2200s mad it 9 years 7-10 is considered normal for flooded.

    It would seem the advertising claim is contradicted by the specifications section.

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