Originally Posted by Peter J
Tried to....

Flat battery.

It seems my Optimate has given up the ghost. So down to Halfords for a new charger.
Battery now on charge, but worryingly the battery condition indicator on the top of the battery says "replace".
The battery was new in April 2019!
Not a happy bunny.
To say the least....


have you replaced the Optimate with another 'trickle' type charger ,e.g. a CTEK or similar?

If so, you may find that you need a good.old fashioned charger to get some initial charge into the battery after which the CTEK will then work OK.

I have had this where the CTEK says the battery is finished but the above method has worked.

Sadly,I have also had the situation where a perfectly good CTEK has 'fried' a perfectly good Odyssey battery just by being on too long and at too low a charge......

Good luck......

James


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