[TenTec] Gel cells

wbeach ve3fjc at sympatico.ca
Mon Feb 9 21:01:54 EST 2009


Thanks Paul for the Info.    I have the Sealed Lead Acid type battery.    I 
guess I can use any battery charger with these    ?  73 Walter
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul" <designer at quickdata.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Gel cells


> Make sure this is really a "Gel" cell. I started calling everything
> that didn't need maintenance a "Gel Cell" till I realized you have
> SLA (Sealed Lead Acid) and AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) and they are all
> "closed".
>
> And the deal is, a true Gel Cell, according to some battery tender
> manufacturers, like DelTran, say you need a different charger for
> that Gel Cell while the SLA, and AGM (and Car Battery) can both use
> the same (different from Gel Cell) Charger.
>
> For example, I used to call my 7Ahr Power Sonic "brick" batteries Gel
> Cells but they are SLA.
>
> 73,
> Paul
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