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> Charging Opima Red Top, Is there a trick I should know?
vesnyder
post Oct 17 2005, 06:24 AM
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My year old Optima Red Top battery lost it's charge and I am trying to figure out a way to recharge. I've read the old posts that suggests hitting it with a big charge (75 amp) for a short period and that will allow it to be charged normally. I ried that and it is not working? I have a decent Die Hard charger that goes through an assessment of teh battery before it begins to charge and I get the fault flashing light every time? I've tried all the settings - Type I and Type II, along with the trickle charge, standard and 75 amp start charge and nothing? My latest attempt is to put a trickle charge on it and see if that works? Any ideas/suggestions?

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post Oct 18 2005, 05:30 AM
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Brought the Optima into a battery dealer and they were able to charge it up using a commercial charger - my decent Sears Die Hard charger did not have enough juice to charge it - it found a dead battery (which it sensed as no batery) and would just go into sleep mode?? I shoudl be OK assuming I figure out what drained it in the first place!

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vesnyder   Charging Opima Red Top   Oct 17 2005, 06:24 AM
Engman   BTDT - and it is going to cost you. The real downf...   Oct 17 2005, 07:19 AM
seanery   I had a deep cycle blue top in my 951. It was nice...   Oct 17 2005, 07:22 AM
groot   Take is to an auto parts store and have them test ...   Oct 17 2005, 07:33 AM
DougC   They have a 3 year warranty so couldn't you ju...   Oct 17 2005, 08:16 AM
smg914   VES, This won't help you now but the next tim...   Oct 17 2005, 08:25 AM
736conver     Oct 17 2005, 08:45 AM
anthony   I disconnect the battery when the car is parked in...   Oct 17 2005, 09:06 AM
dlo914   whenever we get a few optimas in the store (Autozo...   Oct 17 2005, 10:41 AM
horizontally-opposed   There is a new charger on the market that CAN brin...   Oct 17 2005, 10:59 AM
Mueller   I thought you could recharge the Optimas if you us...   Oct 17 2005, 11:49 AM
lapuwali   I neglected an Optima until it was down to 10v, th...   Oct 17 2005, 12:26 PM
dmenche914   Ditto on that my red optima sat and died, many yea...   Oct 17 2005, 12:46 PM
horizontally-opposed   Exactly, the key is a low charge for a long time. ...   Oct 17 2005, 02:00 PM
Mueller   <...   Oct 17 2005, 02:26 PM
lapuwali   IMHO, a lot of "trickle chargers" are basically to...   Oct 17 2005, 04:19 PM

 

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