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Based on your recommendation I have hooked up a Noco Genius G7200. I'm only using one for maintenance. Within 30 minutes of hooking it up, mine showed solid green 100%, after the truck had sat for two weeks including temps in the 30's at night. On 24v it only puts out 3.6 amps but that seems...
He has AGM batteries. Those should not offgas. That is one of the reasons for using AGM's. They stick them inside RV's and campers because they are sealed and will not release hydrogen gas. The gasses recombine within the battery rather than venting. I don't claim to be a battery expert...
Thanks for all the info guys. Sorry to sort of hijack the thread, LOL. Luckily mine came with Interstate AGM's that were only about a year old. Sometime in the near future I hope to permanently mount a charger/maintainer so I can keep them topped off.
OK gotcha, so you are just hooking the batteries up with their own chargers as 12v connections for recovery. For maintenance/float, are you using one charger hooked up as 24v, or still using two separate ones as two 12v banks? From what you are saying Hard Head, it sounds like you are using...
I have a battery recovery charger called Da Pimp. It's a pulse type charger. I have had pretty good luck with it and sometimes I will use it to top off my batteries in the LMTV. It says it is ideal for lead acid batteries, but I have used it on AGM's as well. This isn't a battery maintainer...
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