[RE-wrenches] absolyte GP battery question/ sideways mounting.

[Bradley Bassett]

Flat is the preferred orientation and they say that if installed with the cells vertical it would lose some small percentage of capacity. They never said anything about reduced life that I remember. It is very easy to have short life on these if not fully charged very often. The will sulphate very easily.  Also quality is not what it had been. 

 Brad


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> On Feb 20, 2023, at 1:43 PM, jay via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> 
> HI All,
> 
> I was just contacted by someone who has a 6 yr old absolyte GP 100G33 battery that has lost a lot of capacity.  
> 
> The manual only lists a horizontal install, but this was installed on its side which I”m guessing was due to space issues.
> 
> I am thinking that isn’t good for it, but hopefully someone actually knows if this is bad for it or not.
> 
> I have only seen pictures but am just trying to inform myself before I head out.  Its also possible that the settings are incorrect which could be the cause as well.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> jay
> 
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