I have it attached to my Fit via jumper cables. It's been cooking for about 10 minutes now... How long should it be on there to be charged? It's been dead for 3 years, so I realize it might not come back to life... but we shall see. Deep cycle FTW!
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remember its gel not water so it can sit for long periods of time without needing a recharge and worrying about the water evaporating..my bros red top went for 5 years and he hooked it up like you to charge it and was on it for halfhour and it started his 69 chevele like it was never dead.so let it charge for some lil time. -
To charge it via the Fit? To do it that way and fully charge it, you'd be looking at probably 3 hours.Originally posted by deevergote View Post
Mind you charging it via another car may not be the best idea - you have no idea of the amps its charging at.
Go buy a battery charger Mike, that will charge it properly.
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Cool. I bought a cheapie (still $120!) to hold me over, but that can go in my hatchback when/if i can revive the Optima. Thanks!
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some batteries are funny. my duralast in my 3g lude cranked perfectly after a whole year without needing charge.
on the other hand the duralast for civics and integras was left a good year w/o charge and it is temperamental and will hold a charge for about 2 days MAX
autozone or advance auto will charge your battery over nite for free and tell you if its still good or not.Comment
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I charged it once via the Grand Prix a few years ago (almost exactly 3, actually...Originally posted by evil_demon_01 View Post
) It worked, though I can't remember how long it charged... and how dead the battery was. It wasn't sitting for 3 years at that point. It was a year at most.
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Put it on slow charge, my stepfather had a dead battery in his blazer for quite some time, it wouldn't hold charge so he just left it for days charging untill it brought it back to life.
Still cranks to this day.
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id really try and find someone with a charger that has a ~2 amp option and see if it will take a full charge.'94 CD5 EX F22B1 AutomaticComment
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take it to an autozone they offer fast charging and slow charging slow charging being 2 ampsComment
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and not to mention its free!!!!Comment
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Sweet. I'll have to do that! AZ is half a mile away
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i got a trickle charger sitting in the storage locker that broght a dead ac delco battery back to life and it lasted a year and a half before finally giving up the ghostOriginally posted by JBradley500 View Post
the optima should charge up fine if done slowlyComment
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I had to do the same thing about two weeks ago and I put it on a 2 amp slow charge, think it took about 6-8 hours or so and the battery was fully charged and has no issues since. Red tops can take a serious beating mine is about 12 years old now and sat for almost 4 years.Comment
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Optimas are very easy to fry if improperly charged.. 2amp trickle max.. and you really should be using something similar to a Ctek or a BatteryTender brand charger for best results,, and i would definatly let it sit at least overnight on that low amp charge
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