Thread: New battery box

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Nathan, you are the person I talked to when I contacted XS Power, and you were very helpful and knowledgable about the product, new developments and appropriate use and applications. Subsequently I called with concerns about charging the battery prior to use, and you again explained the needs, options and alternatives in the charger market.

Nathan, thanks for the info. A few of us on here have touted the advantages (mostly size, actual power in service, and service life) of the small, comparatively, AGM batteries. Albeit with the Brand.....uh....O, since I guess we'd have to call you Brand X version.

Experience has taught some of us that the AGMs perform much better than their CCA or CA would indicate, and I'm sure you're correct that those measuring standards are outdated, however they are still the standard. It seems to me that those of you with newer technology should be making presentations to SAE or whomever to introduce a new standard and a viable cross reference system so that potential buyers would have a reliable, non-biased method of evaluation. The big dog, as you probably know, in the car hobby market is the gell filled Brand O.....................which in my opinion and experience is junk, particularly if allowed to discharge say over winter. But they do make an effective door stop then. I know lots of guys will swear by them, but that's because they haven't experienced better.

It appears that we have hijacked this thread from accolades due to Lynn for his new battery box to discussions about what is inside that box

I'll add one more related to the gel cell units being doorstops. I saw a recent tech tip that pointed out that a gell cell, including AGM's, can drop to around four volts across the terminals, and older style chargers will not even recognize the presencde of a battery in the circuit, and will not switch on the charging amps. The tip was to "trick" the charger by placing a charged battery in parallel with the dead gel cell, + to +, - to -, which will be recognized by the charger. After an hour the good battery can be removed, and the charger will continue to service the gel cell. It does not always work (some are truly junk ) but sometimes you may win! The real fix is to leave a Battery Tender on it when idle.

No problem, Roger. A lot of good information got generated on this thread.