Blue top

mgt

NAXJA Member #653

Location

Riverside

• Jan 3, 2005

• #1

I ran my optima blue top all the way dead. What is the best why to recover it?
I jumped it and let it run about 10 drove around the block , then turned it off and the battery didn't have enough juice to start back up.

 

BrettM

NAXJA Forum User

Location

michifornia

• Jan 3, 2005

• #2

i think a trickle (1amp or so) charger is the best way to do it. that's how I charge my batteries when I have the time.

 

mgt

NAXJA Member #653

Location

Riverside

• Jan 3, 2005

• #3

I have it on a battery tender 1.25A now. If that does not work it's going back. The battery is only about a year old.

 

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redsand187

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Selah Washington

• Jan 3, 2005

• #4

Trickle charge it overnight. That is what I had to do with mine... or you can just say screw it and 30 amp it for a couple hours... I've done that too, I wouldn't reccomend it, but hey I'm still alive an in one piece. lol (I did it on accident)

 

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4xBob

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Prince George, BC, Canada

• Jan 3, 2005

• #5

The usual rule is for a starting-type battery, charge at a higher rate (like 6 to 10 amps), while for a deep-discharge battery (like a trolling motor battery) trickle charge it slowly (like around 1 amp).