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Originally Posted by dkoldman
You left out what type of capacity battery you had before, and what capacity battery you bought with AGM?
Doesn't matter what kind of battery you purchase; AH capacity will decide what you can and cannot do based on what you need.
I suspect you did note one difference, because a Quick fill system should not have been needed for AGM?
I got rid of my NAPA Dual FLA because I no longer wanted to do water or any maintenance after 1 year (Quick fill or not). I wanted to run a fridge overnight as well. So I dumped 2 60ah NAPA batteries and bought 125ah AGMs; so I doubled my AH capacity and got rid of all the maintenance. Yes I spent $500; but you would have to tell me how much does 2 125ah FLA cost to see ho wmuch more I paid? (if they even make them) Additionally my batteries as pure AGM has 3 to 4 times the duty cycles and can last up to 8 years. One other key point, I raised my AGS settings from starting the genset to charge batteries from 12.2vdc to 12.5vdc because I can go overnight and NOT hit 12.5 vdc with the AGMs, and be assured that I never cycle down to below 50% which is bad for both FLA and AGMs.
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I'm glad your happy with the AGM's. I really was hopeful they would work for me. Based on the volt read-out on the wall of my coach, they never even fully charged. Not sure why but I was not about to pay more and get less. I'd rather pay for 3 more batteries in 3 or 4 years than spend twice as much for an AGM. Maybe if I could get them to charge and last as long as flooded, I'd go back?!?!
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