Plugged in my battery to charge it and am getting a red flashing CHECK light, connections are all tight and correct. Shows 10.4v at the terminals and at the end of the charging cord. Thoughts?
TIA
TIA
Also see the Odyssey website for info about the AGM batteries and a procedure to recover the battery if possible.
Plugged in my battery to charge it and am getting a red flashing CHECK light, connections are all tight and correct. Shows 10.4v at the terminals and at the end of the charging cord. Thoughts?
TIA
If you must use a battery charger, never leave it connected and unattended. Monitor terminal voltage like a hawk. Store your battery fully charged with open terminals.
Carl
Just my experience with other builders having batteries die before their time. Perhaps you are just more rigorous in process than most.Carl, I'm curious why you say that. I respect your opinions here, but in this case I don't agree. I routinely leave cars, boats, motorcycles, snowmobiles, quads...and airplanes... on a good quality float charger unattended for months and months during their respective off-seasons. I never disconnect the batteries on these things and have never had problems with battery longevity over the many, many years I've been managing my rolling stock this way.
Yo Steve welcome to the school of hard knocks. I went there many years back. Learned my lesson, as my history in this matter is a mirror of your experience.
Had the Odyssey charger, did the same, with the same results. Had to laugh.
I take care of those babies now.
I actually have one PC680 in parallel with another non descript AGM "Mighty Max" battery
Art
I also note that a standard Odyssey battery does quite well holding it’s charge over several weeks - so this eliminates the need for float chargers, battery minders, battery tenders and such.
Carl
+1 for the Odyssey charger. May cost a bit more but worth it knowing it is “approved “ by the battery mfg. Also peace of mind when you leave it connected in maintenance mode.