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Re: [Shop-talk] AGM battery: OK to lay it on its side?

To: Shop-Talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>, Philip Ethier <pethier7@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] AGM battery: OK to lay it on its side?
From: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 10:59:00 +0000 (UTC)
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I was a principal in a small company that designed and built electric power=
ed transportation assisting devices for heavy medical devices and patient t=
ransport and we used AGM batteries a lot.=C2=A0 In many applications they w=
ere oriented on their sides.=C2=A0 No issues associated with that orientati=
on.=C2=A0=C2=A0
Dave=20


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    On Monday, May 11, 2026 at 02:49:50 AM CDT, Philip Ethier <pethier7@gma=
il.com> wrote:  =20

 I could swear that=C2=A0I used=C2=A0to run an AGM battery meant for a Hond=
a Gold Wing, laid down flat in my Lotus Elise. That car has gone away.
I bought a Birkin and there is a larger automotive AGM battery lying on its=
 side.=C2=A0 This battery won't fit in there standing up with the terminals=
 on top.=C2=A0 Is it OK to continue=C2=A0to use the mounting done by a prev=
ious owner?
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Phil Ethier, West Side, Saint Paul Minnesota, USA2006 Gulf Stream Conquest =
Super C, 8.1, white2011 Cayman 2.9 PDK, white2021 Ford F-150 3500cc twin tu=
rbo, white1991 Caterham 1700 Super Sprint, not white2003(?) Birkin, Green.
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                        On Monday, May 11, 2026 at 02:49:50 AM CDT, Philip =
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0gmail_default">I could swear that&nbsp;I used&nbsp;to run an AGM battery m=
eant for a Honda Gold Wing, laid down flat in my Lotus Elise. That car has =
gone away.</div><div style=3D"font-family:monospace;" class=3D"ydp97552156y=
iv6398281050gmail_default"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:monospace;" =
class=3D"ydp97552156yiv6398281050gmail_default">I bought a Birkin and there=
 is a larger automotive AGM battery lying on its side.&nbsp; This battery w=
on't fit in there standing up with the terminals on top.&nbsp; Is it OK to =
continue&nbsp;to use the mounting done by a previous owner?</div></div><div=
><br></div><span class=3D"ydp97552156yiv6398281050gmail_signature_prefix">-=
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Phil Ethier, West Side, Saint Paul Minnesota, USA</font></span></div><div><=
span style=3D"font-family:monospace;color:rgb(0,0,0);">2006 Gulf Stream Con=
quest Super C, 8.1, white</span></div><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);=
background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><font face=3D"monospace" style=3D"backg=
round-color: inherit;">2011 Cayman 2.9 PDK, white</font></span></div><div><=
span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><font fa=
ce=3D"monospace" style=3D"background-color: inherit;">2021 Ford F-150 3500c=
c twin turbo, white</font></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color=
:rgb(255,255,255);"><font face=3D"monospace" style=3D"background-color: inh=
erit;">1991 Caterham 1700 Super Sprint, not white</font></span></div><div><=
span style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><font face=3D"monospace" =
style=3D"background-color: inherit;"><span style=3D"font-family:monospace;"=
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