Daffy D Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 So was looking through Lazada for a replacement UPS battery and noticed some batteries were described as DRY when in fact they were like the regular Lead/Acid WET batteries. Confused? Well I am. I have always considered the UPS lead/acid batteries as WET and charged the accordingly. Lazada DRY battery - or is it? Dry Battery 12v Battery 12ah Inhaler Injection UPS Emergency Power Supply Agricultural Tools Motorbike On another related subject, my battery charger as well as having a WET or DRY option has two indicator lights, one red and one green. The red lights up when the charger is switched on and the green, which I thought was an indication that the battery was fully charged NEVER comes on no matter how long I leave the battery on charge. What is that green light for? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 I think some batteries use gel. Is that wet or dry? Apart from that never trust any information on Lazada. Some info is different in the top from the description below. What I do from time to time is to use the chat function in Lazada. That shows how fast and how competent the shops answer. If they don't answer or the answer does not make sense then I don't buy from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said: I think some batteries use gel. Is that wet or dry? Well that is the question ???????? Edited April 27, 2021 by Daffy D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybole Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 I recall many years ago buying Dry-charged battery. I had to add the acid myself and let it sit for an hour before using. Could this be what is meant ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 12 hours ago, Maybole said: I recall many years ago buying Dry-charged battery. I had to add the acid myself and let it sit for an hour before using. Could this be what is meant ? No, not really. In them old days you were sometimes able to buy a DRY as in empty battery for your car and put the acid mixture in yourself. That was a looong time ago. When talking about wet and dry these days I think they mean wet as your regular car type battery and DRY as the Li-On and Nicad used in mobile phones and all sorts of electrical stuff including electric vehicles. This is where the confusion comes in. In the link in my original post they were advertising a DRY battery but looking at a picture of the battery it says it's a "Sealed Led Acid Battery" which to my mind would make it a WET battery. To add to the confusion, to me anyway, is that the battery charger has a WET or DRY setting, so what setting to use on this DRY but WET battery??? Where's that confused emoji? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 Been doing a little searching and seems WET batteries are your regular car type with the liquid acid sloshing about in them. Even if they are "Maintainance Free" as long as they have the liquid acid they are WET. Dry batteries on the other hand have GELL instead of liquid acid and for some reason are called DRY, though probably DAMP would have been less confusing. Another thing, WET batteries can only be used in the upright position, whereas DRY batteries can be used in any orientation, the GELL does not leak out. Battery Glossary So there you have it ................................ ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 On 4/27/2021 at 12:32 PM, Daffy D said: What is that green light for? Time to buy a new charger, that decides for itself how to charge your battery. I retired my old dinosaur charger earlier this year and haven't looked back. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/foxsur-12v-pulse-repair-charger-12v-4-100ah-fbc1205d-i230425244-s352865062.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 15 hours ago, BritManToo said: Time to buy a new charger, that decides for itself how to charge your battery. I retired my old dinosaur charger earlier this year and haven't looked back. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/foxsur-12v-pulse-repair-charger-12v-4-100ah-fbc1205d-i230425244-s352865062.html Yea! but does it charge 6v? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 5 hours ago, Daffy D said: Yea! but does it charge 6v? ???? That one doesn’t 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daffy D Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said: That one doesn’t The question was rhetorical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimewoodworker Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, Daffy D said: The question was rhetorical There are similar ones that do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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