[Shop-talk] Trickle Chargers

[Rush]

It's not odd, Optima specifies special battery chargers for their batteries.

Would anyone hazard a guess on how a battery minder would work being 
cycled on and off every day? I have off-peak power discounts, so I try 
to have little or nothing running during the day. So if I got a battery 
minder for my lawn mower batteries, I'd put it on a timer to only work 
at night.

Jon

Randall wrote:

>>Do any of these trickle chargers work well with Optima 
>>batteries?
> 
> 
> I have no experience, but the BatteryMINDer website specifically mentions
> the Optima.
> http://www.vdcelectronics.com/batteryminder_12117.htm
> 
> But oddly enough, they also offer an Optima-specific model, so ???
> http://www.vdcelectronics.com/Optima_batteryminder.htm
> 
> 
>> Is there a way to revive an Optima battery?
> 
> 
> Depends a great deal on what is wrong with it, IMO.  If it's sulfated, then
> maybe a desulfator would work.  But if, for example, it's been overcharged
> enough to vent electrolyte, then no.