HOW TO PREVENT A XS POWER 3100d FROM SWELLING.

[loudmofo 5,000+ posts]

a must watch video if you run a xs power agm battery under the hood.

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[Julian 10+ year member]

don't charge over what it says on the sticker on top... lol

 

[rebelfromva 10+ year member]

Someone tell don this :0. His Got pretty big

 

[IAD-Zak 10+ year member]

so did VJ's

 

[loudmofo 5,000+ posts]

don't charge over what it says on the sticker on top... lol

it was charged at 14.4v thanks.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

it happens over time to all AGM batteries, duh...when I pulled out my Powerbattery G31's that was in service for 3 years and still was popping 150's....about half of mine were split open.

 

[Flastrongman 10+ year member]

awesome vid thanks

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

it happens over time to all AGM batteries, duh...when I pulled out my Powerbattery G31's that was in service for 3 years and still was popping 150's....about half of mine were split open.

I've had a SuperStart AGM (rebadged deka) under the hood of my alima for 5hrs now. Has been charged at 15.1-15.2 the entire time with NO issues.

NONE of my dekas have ever done that, seems to be more common with xs under the hood for some reason....

 

[rebelfromva 10+ year member]

Over charging one batt and not rest? Build a concrete battery box and I bet ya it won't happen lol

 

[loudmofo 5,000+ posts]

Over charging one batt and not rest? Build a concrete battery box and I bet ya it won't happen lol

do you think 14.4v is over charging gtfo.

 

[rebelfromva 10+ year member]

do you think 14.4v is over charging gtfo.

What I mean is that the one under the hood is charging and the others are not? I've seen batts charge in even before

 

[timma100 10+ year member]

Thank you for the video man, about to put an XS group 24 under the hood of my Altima. That engine bay gets insanely hot. (So much so that when you slam the engine its like having the heater on in the car O_O) Guess thats what you get when you slap a v6 in the same space meant for a 4 :|

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

Thank you for the video man, about to put an XS group 24 under the hood of my Altima. That engine bay gets insanely hot. (So much so that when you slam the engine its like having the heater on in the car O_O) Guess thats what you get when you slap a v6 in the same space meant for a 4 :|

All engine bays do this, regardless of engine size.

 

[timma100 10+ year member]

All engine bays do this, regardless of engine size.

Well not all, granted my last car was a 95 LeSabre. But I could shut it off, wait 15 minutes, then do engine work. (the engine bay was HUGE, and engine tiny) with my current car. I have gotten burned the next day trying to do work //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

I guess its more of a heat retention thing.. and **** its good at it

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

Well not all, granted my last car was a 95 LeSabre. But I could shut it off, wait 15 minutes, then do engine work. (the engine bay was HUGE, and engine tiny) with my current car. I have gotten burned the next day trying to do work //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif
I guess its more of a heat retention thing.. and **** its good at it

If you wait 12+ hours and your engine is still hot enough to burn you then there is other underlying issues there.

All cars while being used build up a lot of heat under the hood. There is no two ways about that. Some may have more/less heat over different times, but in the end it is gets very hot under the hood.

With that said, I still never had that issue with batteries even in my turboed cars.