(can also be used as STARTING BATTERIES)

• Do you like fiddling with hydrometers and corrosive acid?
• Do you like having to add distilled water regularly to batteries you cannot access easily?
• Do you like the smell of lead acid fumes while charging your batteries?
• Do you like batteries that self discharge over 30% per month?
• Do you like throwing your money away on batteries that you have to replace every 2-3 years?
• Do you like batteries that are wasting your expensive solar power, or are you having to run your generator for long periods because they require 115 – 125+ amp/hours charging for every 100 amp/hours that you use?

• No hydrometers  to fiddle with, and no corrosive acid ever.
• No maintenance - no adding water ever.
• No acid fumes while charging.
• Self discharge less than 1% per month!
• 5 YEAR WARRANTY, 6 to 10 year life expectancy with proper sizing and use.
• THE MOST EFFICIENT BATTERY AVAILABLE!
• CAN BE MOUNTED IN ANY POSITION!
• REAL AMP/HOUR RATED!
• MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE. Much better value for your money.  

These current technology sealed batteries are designed to provide the best performance in deep cycle applications. These batteries provide these benefits with none of the disadvantages of liquid acid devices. They do not require maintenance (i.e. no water addition), do not discharge corrosive gases in significant quantities, do not self-discharge at the same rate as other batteries, and will last three to five times as long as older technology liquid acid batteries.

Gas Generation

During charging over 99% of gases generated will be recombined inside the battery. This means almost no corrosive gases are discharged. The benefits to the user are ease of location, no corrosion of terminal and interconnecting hardware, and no requirement to add water or perform maintenance testing.

Operation in any Position

With the advanced sealed and leak-proof construction, these batteries are able to be operated in any position. Once again, the benefit to the user is ease of installation and the reduction of installation costs.

Low Self-discharge

With the innovative technology incorporated in the design and manufacture of these batteries, a self-discharge rate of 2% per month or less, will be achieved at normal operating temperatures. Compare this with liquid acid technology batteries, which will self-discharge at 5% per week or greater! The Champion AGM batteries therefore give greater efficiency for the end user, providing such benefits as reduced generator fuel consumption, and better usage of expensive solar charging resources.

Long Service Life

The Champion AGM batteries are designed and manufactured to provide the longest possible service life to the end-user. In a deep-cycle application, the GM series (2 volt cells) can charge/discharge more than 1000 times to a 50% discharge level. In float applications (such as stand-by power supplies), the NP series 6 and 12 volt) batteries will achieve 3 to 5 year service life and the GM series batteries 10 to 15 years. In typical remote area power supply, motorhome and deep-cycle marine applications the expected service life of the NP 6 and 12 volt series is 5 to 8 or more years and the GM 2 volt series 15 to 20 years. (The above service life expectancies are based on a 20% capacity loss and 80% capacity remaining at the end of the stated service life.)

Highest Efficiency

The Champion AGM batteries offer some of the very best efficiencies in the market place. Typically efficiencies achieved are 95% or better. The benefits to the motorhome/remote area power supply user are distinct and economic. An efficiency of 95% means that for every 100 A/Hrs put into the batteries, 95 A/Hrs can be taken out. Liquid acid technologies typically only achieve 85% efficiencies, meaning that for 100 A/Hrs put in, only 85A/Hrs can be taken out. The economic benefits to the end-user are:- reduced generator fuel usage, shorter generator run-times and greater efficiency of expensive solar investments.

Lowest Installation Cost

As stated earlier, these batteries can be installed in places and positions not possible with liquid acid batteries. The fact they do not discharge corrosive gases means they can be placed in closer proximity to inverters etc. without harmful effects thus reducing battery cable lengths etc. and lowering installation costs. In addition, the GM series are provided with a high quality set of copper tinned interconnecting links.

Lowest Possible Maintenance Costs

These batteries are sealed and do not discharge corrosive gases and therefore do not require topping up with expensive battery water, or the laborious and somewhat dangerous procedure of hydrometer testing. The absence of corrosive gas discharge means that battery terminal fixing hardware does not corrode or require maintenance.

Best Possible Warranty

Champion AGM batteries are backed by what we believe to be the best warranty in the market. They are warranted for 5 years (NP 6V and 12V series ) & 10 years (GM 2V series ) service life, the first year being at replacement value and the remaining years pro-rata (same terms as most battery warranties only much longer). As stated above, we believe end-users in typical motorhome/remote power applications will achieve service lives of fifteen to twenty years for the GM series, and 5 to 8 years for the NP series.

Lowest Life Cycle Costs

Studying the benefits of the Champion AGM batteries will show that they provide the lowest life-cycle costs when compared with other battery technologies. We believe that considering their longer and lower maintenance, these batteries show approximately half the cost of ownership as a similar capacity liquid acid installation.

Deep Discharge Recovery

Improved design features enable the battery to provide a better recovery after repeated deep discharges. This contributes to the extended life expectancies and is important in remote area power supply applications.

No Memory Effect