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Name:	jnr -	Reply
Subject:	test your automotive skills
Date:	1/15/2006 8:51:09 PM

What is the most significant internal difference between conventional batteries and maintenance-free batteries?

Name:	GoneFishin -	Reply
Subject:	MY FINAL ANSWER
Date:	1/15/2006 9:46:19 PM

A maintenance-free battery, similar in design to a conventional automotive battery, is really just a heavier-duty version of the same arrangement. The heavier-duty parts ensure that fluid loss is kept to a minimum and that components have a much longer life, making it a closed system.

Name:	BigFoot -	Reply
Subject:	test your automotive skills
Date:	1/15/2006 9:47:49 PM

By maintenance-free, are you referring to gel-cell (closed system) or the regular acid-type making claims of being maintenance-free?

Name:	jawjagal -	Reply
Subject:	test your automotive skills
Date:	1/15/2006 10:29:14 PM

They don't require water.

Name:	uflyifix -	Reply
Subject:	test your automotive skills
Date:	1/16/2006 10:15:44 AM

They do require an electrolyte, but the battery is sealed to prevent loss. Other than that they are essentially the same. 2.25 V. per cell.

Name:	jnr -	Reply
Subject:	test your automotive skills
Date:	1/17/2006 3:47:23 PM

All of you had good answers, although the plates of a maintenance free battery consist of a different material.

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