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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>(The Other) Len<BR>Fairfield, CA, USA<BR>1967 AH 3000 MkIII,
HBJ8L39031</DIV>
<DIV> 221,392 miles </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=healeys@autox.team.net href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">Simon
Lachlan via Healeys</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=healeys@autox.team.net
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">'Healeys'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 10, 2020 9:51
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Healeys] Non-Healey related
batteries issue</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Some free advice would be much
appreciated…….<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>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></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>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></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>This thing is two years old, +/-, so let’s say that the
batteries are 30 months old. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>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></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>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></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Nevertheless, stone dead so soon?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>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></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>A new set of batteries is +/-€1000:00 which seems a bit
disproportionate in the circs?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Any ideas would be gratefully received…..<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Simon<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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