A spiral cell battery layers the plates in a spiral layout, and the lead used is 99.99 percent pure, which leads to greater deep cycling over the life of the battery. An AGM battery also offers better cold-cranking behavior, so your car will start even if the weather outside is frightful.
What is the difference between AGM flat plate and spiral?
The flat plate AGM is denser, heavier and more powerful for the size of the battery than the spiral wound AGM. The pure lead in the high-end AGM batteries (NorthStar, Odyssey, Optima) is 99.99-percent pure, virgin lead. Higher purity means fewer contaminants and a lower incidence of outgassing.
What are spiral cell batteries?
The making of OPTIMA SPIRALCELL Technology batteries is a unique process of spiral-winding continuous lead plates, which is tightly controlled and more expensive than building traditional batteries, but offers higher quality and performance.
What are the different types of AGM batteries?
AGM battery: There are two types of AGM batteries – lead-calcium and Thin Plate Pure Lead (TPPL). Lead-calcium: Lead-calcium AGM batteries have many of the operating limitations of the flooded, wet cell battery, but without the hazardous issues. They are single purpose in function and design.
Are Optima Batteries AGM or AGM spiral?
An OPTIMA battery is not a “GEL” battery it is a Spiralcell AGM battery.
How do I know if my battery is AGM or flooded?
Basically, an AGM battery will always have a flat top, and only the negative and positive terminals of the battery will be sticking out. On the other hand, the liquid acid batteries have a removable top which is not the case with AGM batteries as they are properly sealed.
Are Optima AGM?
All OPTIMA batteries are AGM batteries, but no OPTIMA batteries are gel batteries.
What is spiral cell technology?
SPIRALCELL TECHNOLOGY®
The heart of OPTIMA® SPIRALCELL TECHNOLOGY is a series of individual spiral-wound cells composed of two pure (99.99%) lead plates coated in a precise coating of lead oxide. This breakthrough in battery design delivers more power and consistently outperforms conventional flat-plate batteries.
What is an AGM battery?
AGM or Absorbent Glass Mat is an advanced lead-acid battery that provides superior power to support the higher electrical demands of today’s vehicles and start-stop applications. AGM batteries are extremely resistant to vibration, are totally sealed, nonspillable and maintenance-free.
What does AGM stand for?
Absorbent Glass Mat
AGM stands for Absorbent Glass Mat and is an advanced type of lead acid battery that is sealed, spill-free, and maintenance-free.
What is better AGM or lithium battery?
Lifespan: All batteries degrade over time, but lithium-ion batteries consistently outlast AGM. Factors like a larger depth of discharge make lithium-ion batteries more resilient and help these batteries go up to six times the life cycles of AGM alternatives.
What happens if you charge an AGM battery with normal charger?
You can use your regular battery charger on AGM or gel cell batteries. False. These batteries like to be charged slow and low. Many AGM/gel cell battery chargers have microprocessors that collect information from the battery and adjust the current and voltage accordingly.
What is the main disadvantage of an AGM battery?
The main disadvantage of an AGM battery is the up-front cost, when compared to a traditional flooded lead-acid battery. That’s it.
What is so special about OPTIMA batteries?
Optima’s unique Spiralcell and Pureflow technologies give Optima batteries more than 15 times the vibration resistance compared to traditional batteries and make them maintenance free batteries that cannot be spilled. This means that the batteries will last longer and require less work from you.
Are OPTIMA batteries really better?
Optima batteries tend to last longer, and they are tougher than general batteries. When it is freezing temperature outside, and your car needs extra power, it is Optima that helps. There are reasons why Optima batteries are better than the usual ones.
Is a yellow top battery an AGM?
The YELLOWTOP® High Performance AGM Battery is one of the very few car batteries on the market that is truly dual-use. With premium starting power and impressive cycling capabilities, this heavy-duty battery is also perfect for today’s vehicles that are packed with accessories.
Are car batteries STD or AGM?
Today, at least 15 million vehicles from their manufacturer are equipped with an AGM battery. Plenty of 2015 and 2016 models still use a standard battery, but more and more vehicle models are employing always-on tech. That means battery power. And that’s an AGM.
Are most car batteries AGM?
The vast majority (nearly all) car batteries are some form of lead-acid battery. The OPTIMA REDTOP battery in this car is a SPIRALCELL lead-acid AGM battery.
When should AGM battery be replaced?
If kept in a charged state when unused, the common lifespan of a 12-volt Gel or AGM battery is up to six years. After five or six years of float voltage at an average ambient temperature of 25 ºC, the battery still retains 80 % of its original capacity.
Can you Desulfate an AGM battery?
Keeping your AGM battery charged during and before storage will help to avoid the process of sulfation. In case sulfation occurs on your AGM battery, use a desulfation charge to reverse the sulfation. You can also use the AGM battery recommended charger to lower the impact of sulfation.
Can you trickle charge an OPTIMA battery?
Can you trickle-charge an OPTIMA battery? And what type of charger can I use? Yes, and you can use any charger on an Optima battery as long as the voltage is regulated properly. If your charger will remain on indefinitely, the voltage should be at 13.8 volts maximum with a one-amp maximum current.
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