[RE-wrenches] 4 ways to keep a battery for a long time

[jay]

HI Todd,

Thats not my understanding.

VRLA batteris come just like FLA, cycling and non cycling.

I can’t speak to the non cycling as I don’t use them.
But cycling VRLA are lead/antimony, not lead calcium.

jay

peltz power
> On Dec 17, 2015, at 8:56 AM, toddcory at finestplanet.com wrote:
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> as i understand it agm batteries are lead calcium. my personal experience has shown me that lead calcium is THE battery for ups systems.
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> to reiterate previous emails about this:
> i have two grid tied systems here at home, both with battery backup (outback gvfx series) inverters. one has 1986 vintage, flooded lead calcium made by "globe battery", still going strong after 29 years! the other system has newer, 2008 vintage flooded lead calcium batteries made by surrette (fc-420).
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> i add water every 3 to 4 years, equalize every 6 months to mitigate electrolyte stratification and clean the tops every spring.
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> this thread was about off grid batteries, but for grid tie... 
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