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workingonit · #17 11-28-2024, 11:59 PM

I've stated my reasons for sticking with conventional batteries above; I haven't seen (firsthand) ANY benefits from AGM, GEL, or the newer Lithium-based batteries, but have seen problems with the latter three.

AGM: my one Optima Yellowtop (in my camping trailer) has died twice on me, when I wasn't diligent in checking the non-smart trickle charger I was using, 7-8 years ago. It took me days of de-sulfating and "shocking" the battery to bring it back from the dead. I tried to save a neighbor's dead AGM, but couldn't.

GEL: back around '98-'00, racing GEL batteries were the coming thing to use, so I tried them, twice. They were finicky about underhood heat, and what amperage you could charge them at. After one underhood just died at a race, I moved the next one to the trunk, and it lived for awhile, but it didn't last the rest of the season. I didn't use an alternator, but recharged between rounds, and the GEL just couldn't take it (and they were damned expensive).

LITHIUM: the present "coming thing", for EV's, phones, and solar guys. I'm sure I could find one to fit in the X, too, if I tried. However, they're ridiculously over-priced, love to spontaneously self-ignite (I've had two Lihium Ion batteries attempt to do so, in two Samsung phones I've had, a S7 and a S8+), and there are documented stories of EV's worldwide igniting, using Lithium batteries. I'll never go Electric, ICE-ICE, baby!

I'm ignoring the propaganda permeating the auto industry, concerning EV's, and even toward "advanced battery tech". If it ain't broke (and it ain't) why fix it, or re-invent the wheel, or re-brand Jaguar, for that matter. I'll just keep my old vehicles running as long as I can, using old-school gasoline and old-school batteries.

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