AGM battery?

Dis86 · 1 Dec 2019 at 13:02

As per thread title, is this an AGM battery? QR code shows it to be 'dry cell' but that kind of doesn't help me as dry cell, to my knowledge, covers a number of types.

paradigm · 1 Dec 2019 at 13:47

Pretty certain that part number (999.611.080.xx) is an AGM battery.

999.611.080.12 definitely is. As are the higher Ah rated ones.

sja360 · 1 Dec 2019 at 15:15

Having a quick Google comes up with this which I assume is direct from banner the manufacturer
https://www.thebatteryshop.co.uk/ba...-car-battery-12v-80ah-800a-115agm-15831-p.asp

Dis86 · 1 Dec 2019 at 15:46

@sja360 I found that too but nowhere on mine does it state AGM or anything related to it whereas all the ones I cam find online state whether it is or whether it's something else on the labelling.

sja360 · 1 Dec 2019 at 16:08

Are you having issues with the battery I take it?

Dangerous Dave · 1 Dec 2019 at 16:20

It needs coded either way I would just get an AGM battery.

I never realised until my mum’s went that you also get ELB batteries that sit in the middle. I just coded the car for an AGM battery when I swapped it seems to last better with the short trips my mum does.

Dis86 · 1 Dec 2019 at 16:27

No, but it's for a recharge cycle - I need to know whether I can AGM it or stick to standard only.

Dangerous Dave · 1 Dec 2019 at 16:43

Dis86 said:
No, but it's for a recharge cycle - I need to know whether I can AGM it or stick to standard only.

On the older CTEK chargers the AGM mode was the cold weather mode so I would expect in the current cold weather a AGM recharge cycle will not impact a standard battery.

If the car has stop/start it will be an ELB or AGM.

Dis86 · 1 Dec 2019 at 16:56

Dangerous Dave said:
On the older CTEK chargers the AGM mode was the cold weather mode so I would expect in the current cold weather a AGM recharge cycle will not impact a standard battery.

If the car has stop/start it will be an ELB or AGM.

Aye, it does have start stop. Do you mean EFB?

Dangerous Dave · 1 Dec 2019 at 17:13

Dis86 said:
Aye, it does have start stop. Do you mean EFB?

Yes I mean EFB forgot already what it was called ! I was surprised when the battery didn’t have AGM marked on it.

Dis86 · 1 Dec 2019 at 17:18

Dangerous Dave said:
Yes I mean EFB forgot already what it was called ! I was surprised when the battery didn’t have AGM marked on it.

Well that's what's throwing me. All AGM or EFB batteries I've seen are labelled as such.

Dangerous Dave · 1 Dec 2019 at 17:20

Dis86 said:
Well that's what's throwing me. All AGM or EFB batteries I've seen are labelled as such.

Might be a VAG thing EFB wasn’t marked on the battery I just looked up the part number.

Dis86 · 1 Dec 2019 at 17:21

Ze bloody Germans! I'm 99% sure this is AGM it's just that last bit of doubt.

Django x2 · 2 Dec 2019 at 08:11

What age is the car and is it the original battery? In the early days of stop/start AGM batteries weren't labelled as such but as the tech was adopted on a larger scale the adoption of the markings became standard

Dangerous Dave · 2 Dec 2019 at 09:09

Django x2 said:
What age is the car and is it the original battery? In the early days of stop/start AGM batteries weren't labelled as such but as the tech was adopted on a larger scale the adoption of the markings became standard

Don’t think every manufacturer does my mum’s car is a 2016 model and the battery wasn’t marked with the type on it.

mikeh501 · 2 Dec 2019 at 19:06

better make sure its a porsche battery if you ever want a warranty on it!

Dis86 · 2 Dec 2019 at 19:25

mikeh501 said:
better make sure its a porsche battery if you ever want a warranty on it!

Well it's got Porsche written on it and its just been through its check so...I guess it is!

mikeh501 · 2 Dec 2019 at 19:51

thought you were replacing it lol. if it helps, my 991 battery lights up as AGM on my CTEK5.0