I bought one of the new battery chargers, the one that is "smart" when if
you touch the two leads together it won't spark and all the other stuff. I
found it won't start a deep discharged battery. If the battery has no amount
of electric left I guess the charger can't sense anything so it doesn't
charge. I found if you jump the flat battery with another battery the
charger will usually take off or I've got an old one that will spark if the
leads are touched and if left on a deep discharged battery will eventually
get it started. Once started charging most deep discharged batteries will be
Ok.
Jon
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:18:44 EDT
From: ZinkZ10C@aol.com
Subject: Re: Battery
In a message dated 7/15/01 10:10:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
michaelgajic@hotmail.com writes:
<< They use thin lead plates wound into a tight spiral (see tehcnical
section
on their site). Do you think they would be any good in a car? >>
People on other lists have used the Optima spiral batteries with fair
success. Some report the batteries intolerance to deep discharge ( Interior
light left on over nite ). After a few cycles of this drain the battery is
now worn out. The construction may have been changed at some point, I can't
say. I've never used one, but for the price I'd buy a Delco.
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