Author: GlueGuy
Subject: 1 or 2 new batteries?
Posted: 30 May 2017 at 2:20pm
AGM are still lead acid. They just don't have "liquid" (the liquid has been absorbed into a special matt material. You can still charge them with standard charge controllers, although the various set points will be slightly different (bulk, absorb, float, idle).
Subject: 1 or 2 new batteries?
Posted: 30 May 2017 at 2:20pm
| Originally posted by TheBum I've heard that AGM batteries don't get along with the converter in the Pods. It has to do with the charging algorithm the converter uses, which is optimized for lead-acid. |
Good quality batteries usually have very specific set points, regardless of them being wet, dry, or whatever. Even wet batteries from different manufacturers will have slightly different set points. So unless your charge controller is programmable, you will probably never be exactly on the specifications for a particular manufacturer.
There will be specific, and generic set points. A non-programmable charge controller will be set to some generis set points that will be "safe", even though it may not be "exact".