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Re: [Slightly OT Contd...] - UPS Calibration.
- Subject: Re: [Slightly OT Contd...] - UPS Calibration.
- From: "Andy Whitfield" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 15:19:28 -0000
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@b...> wrote:
> Andy Whitfield wrote:
>
> > APC don't make their own batteries. They typically use CSB and
> > Panasonic batteries.
> > There are different lead-acid technologies. UPSs use AGM non-
> > spillable batteries that can be installed in any orientation.
Cars
> > batteries have to be installed upright as they are spillable. I
> > don't know what motorbikes use? Maybe AGM? Anyone know?
>
>
> If the G in "AGM" stands for Gel, then quite probably.
>
> I have a "Gel" one that sits on its side quite happily...
> Jim
AGM stands for absorbed glass mat. The electrolyte (acid) is a liquid
but can't (shouldn't) leak because of the glass mat.
In a Gel batery the electrolyte is a paste.
Andy
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