The simplest solution to your battery problem would be to disconnect
the battery from the rest of the car and charge it in isolation. Hook
it up when you want to go somewhere. Unless the deep discharges have
damaged your battery this should solve the stated problem.
That would give you time to discover what switches/shorts/seat heaters
or whatever are drawing down your battery so fast. But see below for
the possibility that your battery cannot hold a charge any more. A
battery in good condition should be able to go for at least a month
of idleness and start your car -- even without the pulse charger doing
its thing.
A trickle charger isn't going to quickly charge up a battery that is
discharged to about 1 volt per cell (or one or two shorted cells?) as
you report your battery to have been. Your battery may need
replacing; there may be no excessive drain on the battery. Your
alternator might deserve a checking, too.
-Roland
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:10:10 -0500, you wrote:
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::I purchased a RediPulse charger/maintainer for my car which I don't drive
::much anymore. Leaving the charger hooked up for more than a month, I've
::noticed that it doesn't do a good job of bringing the voltage up from say 7
::to 12 volts very quickly at all - the way a battery quick charger would.
::And that even leaving it hooked up for about 1-2 weeks, it won't keep the
::battery completely charged. I have a year-old Optima red-top battery.
::
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