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Are our batteries AGM?

T_Trahan44

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Maybe I've just been lucky, but the four Optimas I put in my toy hauler in '99 have never seen an AGM "tuned" charger or maintainer.
They've been fed by solar panels (with a controller, of course) when on the road, or a basic BatteryMINDer maintainer when parked. Well, since '13 it's been solar only.

What they do have, and one reason they are still going strong, I think, is that they've always had a Canadus desulfation unit on them.

But yes, I have tweaked a couple of BatteryMINDers to better suit AGM batteries.
Optima batteries are a different story. I don't know what they do to those things, but they are TANKS. And I can not explain it. As long as you maintain them even a little, they hold out.
 


Jimmy N.

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Well, they used to be. And possibly are again.
Recently I've bought some other brands, but time will tell how those batteries hold up.
 


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No the stock battery is not AGM.
 




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