Does this mean the battery's completely stuffed.
or would connecting it to a "smart" charger possibly bring it back to life? (I have an Oximiser on order as I needed a new one anyway)
That battery is a standard lead acid on and is ok to charge it with a car charger, but with the red cell caps off.
I nearly bought myself a new battery, but figured that connecting to the Oximiser was worth a shot; better that than order a battery and a charger, only to find out I've wasted 35 quid!
Off the top of my head, I think it drops to 9.5-10.5v when cranking so there may be hope for it yet!
Quote from: unfazed on 09 April 2020, 11:12:08 amThat battery is a standard lead acid on and is ok to charge it with a car charger, but with the red cell caps off. No, if it's a intelligent charger, type that can detect the charge AMP/voltage and cycle charge like CTEK for example yes. Your standard low/high charge rate charger will bugger it. I lost count of the amount of owners who've buggered their batteries in this way, red caps off or not.
my ctek charger (yam branded ) is supposed to restore batteries that you think are dead some sort of intelligent charging or something or other.
Here it is https://www.ctek.com/storage/ma/3f8cf34932cc46889f1d189ca335379c/cd879e35fdd145898b6b99c549c40292/pdf/7F18A34BA7A2CF91AC9F5404D8EB07FE2E6CAA66/MXS_5.0-manual-low-UK-EN.pdfhttps://www.ctek.com/products/vehicle/mxs-5-0
Quote from: fazersharp on 10 April 2020, 11:00:31 amHere it is https://www.ctek.com/storage/ma/3f8cf34932cc46889f1d189ca335379c/cd879e35fdd145898b6b99c549c40292/pdf/7F18A34BA7A2CF91AC9F5404D8EB07FE2E6CAA66/MXS_5.0-manual-low-UK-EN.pdfhttps://www.ctek.com/products/vehicle/mxs-5-0Not cheap but in my opinion better the Opimate
Are you saying the optimate is better or the ctek is better
Sorry to be a pain Unfazed, but could you type a bit smaller please? I can still read it if I turn the screen up to 400% magnification
due to some law (which I can understand, but would have been a bit of a bugger)
One thing I did spot that I hadn't considered was that when buying the standard lead/acid battery, most places send them empty due to some law (which I can understand, but would have been a bit of a bugger), so I've got a shiny new Motobatt AGM battery on the way for less than the suggested L/A one!