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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have used the slave battery technique that Len mentions below several times with varying results. Sometimes the dead one just remains that way! <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>☹</span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Perry </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:thehartnetts@earthlink.net">Len and/or Marge Hartnett</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, August 10, 2020 2:23 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">AH Mail List</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Non-Healey related batteries issue</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Simon: The most commented upon answer to the question of charging a dead battery has had to do with the Optima battery. I have been told by a sales person that they cannot be recharged when dead. Others have said, Yes, they can. The Optima batteries use an advanced form of AGM (Absorbent Glass Mat) technology called Spiralcell. This absorbent glass mat holds acid in place by absorbing it like a sponge. The process for bring a dead battery back to life involves connecting a good battery in parallel with the dead battery. This sends a message to the charger that there is a battery that needs charging. After the dead battery reaches a few volts of charge, the good battery can be disconnected and the charger should continue charging. I MAKE NO CLAIM THAT THIS PROCEDURE WOULD OR WOULD NOT WORK ON AN LiON BATTERY. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>(The Other) Len<br>Fairfield, CA, USA<br>1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> 221,392 miles <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt;background:#E4E4E4'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" title="healeys@autox.team.net"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Simon Lachlan via Healeys</span></a> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>To:</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" title="healeys@autox.team.net"><span style='color:#0563C1'>'Healeys'</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sent:</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Monday, August 10, 2020 9:51 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Subject:</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> [Healeys] Non-Healey related batteries issue<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB>Some free advice would be much appreciated…….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB>I am in France, so out of touch with my normal garages/suppliers etc etc……Thus more out of touch than usual.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB>So, my brother-in-law has bought an electric scooter. A fine looking big thing that reminds me of the Honda Spacey that my wife occasionally used about 25 years ago. A two seater.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB>This thing is two years old, +/-, so let’s say that the batteries are 30 months old. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB>He bought the bike for €1 so it was hardly a great investment. (Delivery cost him an expensive bottle of red!).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB>The batteries seem to be quite dead, useless. I’d call that very odd. Apparently the PO was a bit of an ass and didn’t look after bike or batteries at all well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB>Nevertheless, stone dead so soon?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB>I seem to recall a discussion on this list some years back that pertained to similar batteries. Are they dead or merely sleeping?? Plugging in the charger does nothing. Is there not something clever that one can do to jolt these things back to life? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB>A new set of batteries is +/-€1000:00 which seems a bit disproportionate in the circs?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB>Any ideas would be gratefully received…..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB><img border=0 width=698 height=1 style='width:7.2708in;height:.0104in' id="Horizontal_x0020_Line_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D66F23.4D270670"></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive<br><br>Healeys@autox.team.net<br>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys<br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/thehartnetts@earthlink.net<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>