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Posted by mannyc [68.165.89.2] on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 09:04:39 :
In Reply to: Re: AGM batteries anyone running them ? posted by Will (in IL) [98.215.27.52] on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 08:54:31 :
i use them in all my vehicles once the OEM battery goes bad. strike that. i use them in all of my vehicle except my diesel megacab. i find them OPTIMAS, to be great batteries that are a bit misunderstood. they are great for boats or power wagons in that they don't leak if jostled and they hold a charge for a long time. when they loose charge, that's when they get a bad rap. the typical guy puts them on a charger and gets no charge. i don't know the mechanics of it, but you need to charge a dead agm battery with a conventional battery hooked in parallel to it. the charger cannot 'see' a discharged AGM and needs the conventional battery to get it started. i run two optimas in a little boat we have that were from the auto parts store. guy brought them back dead. i charged them as above and they work fine.
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