Optima batteries

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@danhr

Most present day chargers won’t charge a completely dead optima, b/c there is very little resistance through the battery. So it will think there is no battery at all. If you call Optima’s tech line they say to parallel the optima with a good battery and hook it up to the charger.

Or buy their own special optima charger

or take it to an authorized optima dealer (usually interstate batteries or batteries plus) to have it recharged

if you think i’m lying i’ll bring you my yellow top for proof.

Never said you were a liar, that is why I asked what you were talking about. I also told you what others have done over and over again which I have seen and/or done.

I unfortunatly do not have my charger anymore, I only have my maintenance charger for my motorcycle which is hooked up now.

This is directly from the site. Yes I know it doesn’t say from a completely dead battery (no charge whatso ever), but this is basically the same information echoed throughout looking it up.

QUESTION

Can you trickle charge an OPTIMA? And what type of charger can I use?

ANSWER

Yes and you can use any charger on an OPTIMA as long as the voltage is regulated properly. If your charger will remain on indefinitely, the voltage should be at 13.8 volts maximum with a one amp maximum current.

So I’m not sure what people are telling you or how this differs from your situation. :dunno: