I'm no expert on batteries (apparently.. 
) especially the AGM doodah.. but it's a good post from Andy. I knew most of it.. but he explained it a bit better than I managed.
Most of my fleet's batteries are the old-style with the filler screws on each cell and a vent on one end. The filler screws are covered over with a Bosch or Yuasa sticker, but they're still there.
Rasputin (2013 500 Pop) is more unusual, since it's the only car I have apart from my 04 Stilo that was built this century..
That has a S&S system but from no intimate familiarity with its battery (new-ish car to me and it's half hidden) it looks like a regular tech' battery. Before I bought the charger I looked up what battery it should have and the Halfords quoted battery was either a regular type (HB202) which is tiny and non-S&S and looks like what I've got.. or it could (maybe should) have an "S&S battery" (EFB013) which is larger, more expensive and probably why Rasputin doesn't have it. That said the S&S works, when the battery is well charged (though that may not last).
So.. I suppose my questione would be, if I bought a EFB013 when the current one expires, could I charge it, or should I not? It might be clear if I had the battery in front of me (no vent might suggest Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh ) but the battery in the store seemed to have a vent and the usual arrangement of covered over with a sticker cells/screws.
Just curiouse.
Ralf S.
) especially the AGM doodah.. but it's a good post from Andy. I knew most of it.. but he explained it a bit better than I managed. Most of my fleet's batteries are the old-style with the filler screws on each cell and a vent on one end. The filler screws are covered over with a Bosch or Yuasa sticker, but they're still there.
Rasputin (2013 500 Pop) is more unusual, since it's the only car I have apart from my 04 Stilo that was built this century..
That has a S&S system but from no intimate familiarity with its battery (new-ish car to me and it's half hidden) it looks like a regular tech' battery. Before I bought the charger I looked up what battery it should have and the Halfords quoted battery was either a regular type (HB202) which is tiny and non-S&S and looks like what I've got..
or it could (maybe should) have an "S&S battery" (EFB013) which is larger, more expensive and probably why Rasputin doesn't have it. That said the S&S works, when the battery is well charged (though that may not last).So.. I suppose my questione would be, if I bought a EFB013 when the current one expires, could I charge it, or should I not? It might be clear if I had the battery in front of me (no vent might suggest Ahhhh Ahhhh Ahhhh ) but the battery in the store seemed to have a vent and the usual arrangement of covered over with a sticker cells/screws.
Just curiouse.
Ralf S.
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