Can you...
james h - 3/6/09 at 12:35 PM
mount your gel batteries on their side?
Thanks,
James
dan__wright - 3/6/09 at 12:39 PM
yes ......
i hope as mine is on its side!
as long as there sealed you can mount them however you like.
Mr Whippy - 3/6/09 at 12:45 PM
yip
Vindi_andy - 3/6/09 at 01:30 PM
yes definately thats part of the beauty of them
That and their size
macspeedy - 3/6/09 at 02:05 PM
ive heard that they say yes but in some cases they leak.. 
tomgregory2000 - 3/6/09 at 02:37 PM
you can mount them any which way you like
Land Locked - 3/6/09 at 02:40 PM
quote:
Originally posted by macspeedy
ive heard that they say yes but in some cases they leak..
We have a local garage door opener company who took the battery manufacturers at their word and used the gel batteries upside down. Only till the
claims started coming in, they've redesigned the batteries into a sealed box and they now sit right way up. No official numbers available, but
from what I've been able to put together they had around 5% returns for leaky batteries. With 2 batteries per unit that makes it around 2.5%
chance of a leak.
b16mts - 3/6/09 at 03:21 PM
Surely that'd be a 10% chance?
james h - 3/6/09 at 03:23 PM
All sounds good, you just have to get the CofG a little bit closer to the ground...
MikeRJ - 3/6/09 at 04:02 PM
quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
you can mount them any which way you like
Neither gel batteries (as used in Burglar alarms etc) nor AGM batteries (such as the Varely Red top and the Odyssesy) are designed to be used or
charged upside down. They can be mounted in any other orientation though.
[Edited on 3/6/09 by MikeRJ]
james h - 3/6/09 at 04:25 PM
quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
you can mount them any which way you like
Neither gel batteries (as used in Burglar alarms etc) nor AGM batteries (such as the Varely Red top and the Odyssesy) are designed to be used or
charged upside down. They can be mounted in any other orientation though.
[Edited on 3/6/09 by MikeRJ]
Ah thats ok, its on its side now
Land Locked - 3/6/09 at 06:34 PM
quote:
Originally posted by b16mts
Surely that'd be a 10% chance?
Only one of the 2 fail at a time.
re. the statement that they can't be upside down, the manufacturers said ANY way including upside down. Personally, I'd want a very good
reason to mount them any way other than flat and right way up. Seen too many of them leak over the last couple of years.
That said, there is one premium manufacturer (Japanese I think) who makes em in grey, that I have not seen a leaky example of.