I use this with my Northstar AGM24
Battery Tender 8 Amp Battery... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KVQD5LF/?tag=wranglerorg-20
Battery Tender 8 Amp Battery... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KVQD5LF/?tag=wranglerorg-20
Battery Upgrade
- Thread starter Kevin E
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Is there something to the AGM setting? I've been using one of these for about 5 years with my 13 yo diehard platinum.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016S7NHWQ/?tag=wranglerorg-20
I doubt I'm causing harm bit I'm curious.
No harm I've ever heard of. Neither my tender nor charger have an AGM mode and I've run nothing AGM for 21 years.
I have had many battery's go + or - 10 years (on Harbor Fright Tenders) but never 21 years. Congratulations.
AGM wont fully charge on a standard charger, termination voltage is higher. It doesn't matter, your Jeep doesn't fully charge the battery either. AGM is great because flooded cells get damaged if you hit them hard off-road. Most people don't ride on their skids these days so if you don't you will probably do fine with a flooded battery. Bouncing around on your tires and suspension isn't really an issue it's the hard hits on your skids that make you check your fillings that bust plates on a flooded lead acid battery.
Oh not just one AGM battery. 2 years on present Northstar, 12 years on previous Odyssey manufacturered Diehard Platinum, then I went through 3 Optimas (2 Yellow Tops and 1 Blue Top) in the previous 7 years.
No idea but I bought that tender for like $60 because it said for AGM and seems to work really well.
Odyssey and Northstar are twin brothers, even their battery cases are identical. Northstar is a split off from Odyssey by one of the Odyssey officers. Bosch Platinum is another high end battery. I ended up with a Northstar when I found one locally at a large local battery specialty shop.