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Wet Cell Versus Dry Cell Battery by ugonna245(m): 10:00am On Aug 05, 2009
house i want to ask between a wet cell and a dry cell battery which one is better and can anyone suggest good car battery and where to get it and the price range.
Re: Wet Cell Versus Dry Cell Battery by chyjoke1(m): 12:28pm On Aug 05, 2009
this is a very good topic you have. my opinion is that wet cell or water battery is better. A dry cell battery manufactured in China for example is ready to use from that day. if it is shipped to Nigeria immediately after production, (which is not necessarily the case most times) it takes about one month to get to Nigeria and another one month to clear depending on the congestion at the ports. If it is finally taken to the retail outlet in the third month and it takes him 2 months to sell (which might be more). this process has taken 4 to 5 months out of the original life span of the battery which may be 18months to 2 years. On the other hand the wet cells becomes active when you have added acid or distilled water to it and if the life span is the same with the dry cell, it starts counting from that date. so your guess is as good as mine

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Re: Wet Cell Versus Dry Cell Battery by Mowire: 12:54pm On Aug 05, 2009
Quite educating post you have there @chyjoke1.

In the real sense there is nothing Dry in the "dry cell batteries": They are called maintenance free by the manufacturer (that's the spec). They are made with more advanced components though.
Re: Wet Cell Versus Dry Cell Battery by ugonna245(m): 4:15pm On Aug 05, 2009
so wet cell is better ko?
Re: Wet Cell Versus Dry Cell Battery by Kafin(m): 6:04pm On Aug 05, 2009
Good analysis by chyjoke, but remember that shelf-life is not same as useage. The trend is moving towards the maintenance-free bateries (know as dry cell in Nigeria) because they are more reliable.

One for one, a wet cell will withstand the stay on the shelf better than a Maintenance-free type, but they all come with a date-tag that can show when the batery was manufactured. Also the average Maintenance-free battery have an expected shelf-life of about 1 year.

so wet cell is better ko?
If you are looking at batteries from the same Manufacturer, Maintenance-free (dry-cell) batteries are better and will cost more.
Re: Wet Cell Versus Dry Cell Battery by ugonna245(m): 7:55am On Aug 06, 2009
more opinions pls
Re: Wet Cell Versus Dry Cell Battery by pinkyruledworld(m): 11:03am On Jan 25, 2017
so wh one is better now?

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