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    Odyssey 6TL Battery Mounting Question. Anyone tried swapping to 8D AGM batteries?

    The reason lead acid batteries go bad as they age is the "sulfide". It's like rust on the plates and it doesn't conduct electricity well. You can use a de-sulfiding charger. I have one but it can only reverse some of the aging. https://smartercharger.com/ I think the layout of the batteries...
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    Odyssey 6TL Battery Mounting Question. Anyone tried swapping to 8D AGM batteries?

    The batteries are parallel serial configuration. You only need 2 batteries to run the truck the other two just increase capacity. The batteries are designed to last 10 years so yours should have been usable until 2019. When you do change the batteries it's best to do it as a complete "pack" so...
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    Odyssey 6TL Battery Mounting Question. Anyone tried swapping to 8D AGM batteries?

    that 8d battery looks 12V. To get 24V you will need two 12V batteries in series. So if you want to separate the 12/24 you would need. 2 batteries in series = 24V and one 12V battery or two 12V in parallel.
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    Odyssey 6TL Battery Mounting Question. Anyone tried swapping to 8D AGM batteries?

    You can buy Hawker 6tl batteries directly from them. The oddesy is the retail brand and the batteries are different with that extra post. I bought 2 batteries from Napa. They are flooded cell and you must add acid. The hawker is an AGM which is better then flooded cell. Sent from my...
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