On a side note, most AGM batteries are also DOT approved (at least the
Northstar brand is), so you can "legally" carry them in your vehicle without
worrying about hazmat.
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----- Original Message -----
From: ch...@wbmfg.com
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 10:16:31 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sealed or flooded batteries for DC backup?
AGM are great, unless you are cheap...
From: Jeremy
Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 9:07 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sealed or flooded batteries for DC backup?
Gave up flooded years ago. Had a few sites where the APC exploded the
batteries. Even when that didn't happen, I got tired of the yearly battery
check and fill at all the sites. When I started my own company I switched to
AGM and never looked back. They are amazing. Also, we don't use APCs anymore
except at a couple of large sites where we use the 3000XL, which has a much
better charging system.
On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 6:38 AM, David M <dmilho...@wletc.com> wrote:
there is always an evaporation issue with flooded..
They have to be maintained on a regular schedule in order to have extended
life beyond 5 yrs
AGM/GEL expensive but reliable with little maintenance. Give em a good home
and little venting and get
7 to 10 with those.
On 1/4/2018 3:47 PM, Robert Andrews wrote:
Sounds like a problem with the Charge controller being incorrectly set. If
this is on-grid, I would lower the voltage the charge controller is maintaining
and make sure it is set to NOT do any equalize cycles.
Then flooded should be better. Of course if the environment is causing
evaporation that is a different problem.
I didn't find telecom batteries were worth the expense. So if I dumped
wet, I would probably go with sealed Marine..
Best,
Robert
On 01/04/2018 01:38 PM, TJ Trout wrote:
I have been really liking flooded batteries over the last 10 years or so
because I am able to service the battery and extend the life but I am finding
that on sites that I forget to add distilled water at least twice a year
sometimes the batteries dry out due to the charge controller over gassing the
batteries.
Right now I'm trying to decide between Walmart deep Cycles, rack mount
telecom batteries or just sealed RV Marine deep cycle batteries.
What is the best bang-for-the-buck currently considering the life span
and capacity ?
Thanks
TJ
