02-09-2013, 10:50 AM
Bill, Here is my charger/battery 101 (the one I use) and yours may be different. Wet cell, gel, & AGM all have different voltage levels, i.e. lifeline AGM are generally charged to 14.2V. Wet cells @ 13.2 +-.
Newell seems to use wet cell 8D's for engine and AGM's for house (or at least on many of the late models like ours). that means there are two different charging levels and paralleling (even if your charger has two different settings as in the case of the Heart charger/invertor) will let the higher voltage be applied on the wet & AGM. And since the AGM is a higher level, so are the wets being charged at this level. Paralleling, in my opinion, is not a good thing except for starting.
You might want to read your Outback manual for the instructions on how to check your settings. First you must know what your batteries require (both house and engine). You would think they would have been set correctly while at Newell!
Newell seems to use wet cell 8D's for engine and AGM's for house (or at least on many of the late models like ours). that means there are two different charging levels and paralleling (even if your charger has two different settings as in the case of the Heart charger/invertor) will let the higher voltage be applied on the wet & AGM. And since the AGM is a higher level, so are the wets being charged at this level. Paralleling, in my opinion, is not a good thing except for starting.
You might want to read your Outback manual for the instructions on how to check your settings. First you must know what your batteries require (both house and engine). You would think they would have been set correctly while at Newell!
Gordon Jones
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