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Old 02-08-2009
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Originally Posted by neilmcd View Post
I can see fast charging as a great attribute for house batteries, but surely this is only a very limited benefit for a starting battery?
Probably. I was speaking more generically. Although, I would prefer to have any battery charge as quickly as possible.

But no, the slower charging should not be a big issue for your starting battery.

As for this suggestion,

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One theoretical option might be to fiddle around with adding an extra resistor on the charging side of the battery that prefers the lower charging voltage.
I would not go to the bother, but instead would accept the lower wet-cell voltage for charging the AGM since it won't harm it.
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