[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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