[DeTomaso] AGM Battery

Dave Aument daument at comcast.net
Mon Jul 30 10:02:57 EDT 2007


On Jul 29, 2007, at 11:45 PM, Dave McManus wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience with this battery? Or similar?
>
>> FWIW  I do... absorbed glass mat.  Construction is conventional  
>> lead oxide on cast lead plates with separator envelopes. The big  
>> difference is the fact that the "free" space between the plates is  
>> filled with stacked glass mat material (think fiber-glass cloth).  
>> It dampens any vibration keeping the oxide from falling off the  
>> plates or the plate from rubbing through their separator envelopes  
>> causing a short. The acid is absorbed by the glass mat then the  
>> box is sealed. The Optoma brand is similar but the plates are  
>> coiled giving it that "six-pack" look. I really don't see the  
>> advantage to this design as it has the same footprint but less  
>> volume for acid.  YMMV Dave



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