Optima Yellow Top Battery Question
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Ducky's Dad
Explorer
Too many unknowns here. My suggestion would be to charge it up, let it sit overnight, charge it again, let it sit overnight and see if open circuit voltage is up to spec (I think it's 13.1V on those, but check it on the Optima website). If you don't have a conditioning charger, might be time to get one. If battery does not come back to spec, go for the warranty replacement.
Ducky's Dad
Explorer
Can you jump start it and drive it around to charge from the alternator? If you just pull the battery and take it in, the shop will probably want to put it on their charger and then load test it.
How were you thinking about charging it?
Ducky's Dad
Explorer
Might as well drive to battery shop and let them test the Yellow.
Hilldweller
SE Expedition Society
Correct.
But you've probably buggered the poor thing if it's been too long since it was fully charged.
Ducky's Dad
Explorer
I just got one of the new Odyssey chargers that I'm going to try on my 2150. The instructions say that it will charge and condition AGM batteries that are as low as 2.5V. Optima also has a relatively new line of chargers, so you might look into an Odyssey or Optima charger to solve your problems. Sounds like you need a charger and and a conditioner and a new battery tender. These will do all of those things. My old Odyssey Ultimizer is 40amps and Optima told me to never use that charger on one of their batteries because the high amp/high voltage charge could damage their battery. My new Odyssey charger is only 20amp (the biggest Odyssey offers right now), but they have a couple of smaller ones available that might be suitable if the 20amp is too much. My experience with calls to tech support at both companies is that they are pretty open with info and assistance. Odyssey's tech support and customer service is great.
Hilldweller
SE Expedition Society
I have one of these.
http://www.optimabatteries.com/en-us/shop/charger/digital-1200?gclid=CLWl0d_UncwCFRRgfgodFO4K9A
Really takes the guesswork out of it all...
http://www.optimabatteries.com/en-us/shop/charger/digital-1200?gclid=CLWl0d_UncwCFRRgfgodFO4K9A
Really takes the guesswork out of it all...
Hilldweller
SE Expedition Society
Just as smart; just has 1/3 the amperage so it takes a bit longer with a deeply discharged battery.
Very capable little unit though.
I've got 3 chargers. A big Sears unit with lots of amps, the bigger of the two Optimas, and a small Battery Tender that I use on my small SLA project batteries.
Jim from Optima Batteries is a member of this forum and a friend. I can ping him if you have any questions that we're not hitting to your satisfaction.
DD and the others are doing a pretty thorough job though.