100AH 12V Batteries not holding float charge anymore after only a month
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Every document I've read, apart from the ones produced by lifetime, says do not, for various reasons. My own view is do not because doing so will split the electrolyte faster than the typical SLA battery can recombine it and that is bad for a battery in which there isn't a lot of free electrolyte in the first place (AGM in this case) and in which the user can't replace lost water due to the fact that it is 'sealed'. I have read concerns about the potential for a battery to explode but that is highly unlikely because the vents will start releasing gas around 2psi over atmosphere.
There is also a huge amount of confusion out there on various forums because people don't grasp the difference between a flooded cell (open or sealed) and AGM, gel types.
That said, if the battery is cack already nothing is lost by doing an equalisation charge on an AGM. If it does bring it back to a usable state but with a lower overall capacity due to reduction in electrolyte availability it's better than not having a working battery at all.
Doing this to a gel battery will destroy it. Doing it to a correctly working AGM will degrade it.
There is also a huge amount of confusion out there on various forums because people don't grasp the difference between a flooded cell (open or sealed) and AGM, gel types.
That said, if the battery is cack already nothing is lost by doing an equalisation charge on an AGM. If it does bring it back to a usable state but with a lower overall capacity due to reduction in electrolyte availability it's better than not having a working battery at all.
Doing this to a gel battery will destroy it. Doing it to a correctly working AGM will degrade it.
Dah fuq? Eq'ing is nonsense? Lmao
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Sealed flooded batteries have, or should have, different cell plate spacing to try to offset the effects of stratification given that they can't be equalise charged without depleting the electrolyte. I've mentioned this in prior posts about charging voltages.
