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- where compton meets the water
with a dead Optima battery?
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what do I do........
- Thread starter paulhead
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Gerr
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- River Drive Norco Ca 92860
Do you have a trickel charger? I've brought back a few with a couple days at 2amps but really a bad optima is about as usefull as a pimple on your butt
DesertRunner
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- covina, ca 91724
i have one too! i feel your pain! left it on a 2am trickle for 4 days and nothing!
GrimmJeeper
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gardena, CA
most chargers have a protection circuit that keeps them from charging batteries with an internal short. optimas (and most sealed AGM batteries) won't charge on a charger like this unless it is designed to work with AGM batteries. the charging section on optima's website will tell you how to fix it. I've fixed 3 batteries (to the dismay of my boss...) that customers have brought in as dead, using the method described on the website that says to use two batteries. user "optima jim" on here has posted the procedure multiple times, he works for optima. you can search for his posts as well for more info.
hollywood32
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Rancho Cucamonga, CA
You can charge them by connecting a different battery to the charger and then connect the optima to the battery you are charging.
GrimmJeeper
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gardena, CA
in parallel, NOT series. + to +, - to -
Skwerly
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Ash Fork, AZ (Freedom)
x2 on that. I worked at Pep Boys for a while, and did just this. My boss hated me. 
89xjJe3per
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Camarillo,CA
x2 on that. I worked at Pep Boys for a while, and did just this. My boss hated me.
What blew up a optima?
- Location
- Williams AZ
Throw it through the window at AZ and grab another one real quick
justin_502
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- ACTON, CA
You look on the tag and see if it was made in Mexico, if so discard that pos battery and buy a new one not made their, or switch to Oddesy. I had a optmia just die on a trail wouldent take any charge at all. Not worth it to run a halfass battery. Having it die on a trail really sucks!
RWKHausSupply
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- yorba linda, Cali
go turn it in on a core on a autozone gold... I went thru 3 costco optima's in about 2 yrs, then went down and got a autozone gold and it has yet to not pull thru in 3 years...
Gerr
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- River Drive Norco Ca 92860
Ya my autozone battery has served me quite well too
