sheaa

I have the battery miniaturization kit installed, and my battery is totally dead, can't even crank at all. Does anybody knows any charger out there that can properly recharge it back?

I did some research on the Odyssey site, and they recommended chargers with an output between 14.2 and 15v. Most of the chargers out there don't meet this criteria. The Deltran one doesn't have enough amperage to charge it properly.

Any ideas?

NewbernD

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You can use a charger/starter or another car and jumper cables to get the car started, and then drive it around to charge the battery.. Just don't stall it. The Deltran chargers aren't powerful enough to charge the battery from a full discharge, but supposedly make good trickle chargers (I just got their 6 amp onboard trickle charger) I've tried charging my battery (PC 925) with a standard charger, and it would never charge well, but driving always charged it well.

Scorpio

I have the BMK as well and if I don't drive my car in the winter for a week or so, the battery will get weak. I have used a regular battery charger with no problems. I've had the BMK (with the same battery) for almost 5 years I believe.

I didn't even know about the restrictions on chargers.
-Scorpio

ptrhahn

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I have a PC 925 that i've killed before (by leaving lights on). You have to hit these batteries HARD. 25-50 amps. When i killed mine (really dead, wouldn't jumpstart) the normal 10 amp hard charge wasn't enough. My charger has a 25 amp setting and 50 amp "start" setting. This is what brought it back to life. Just check it to make sure it doesn't get hot, and check the voltage, you may have killed a cell.

reza

if its discharge, you have to use the full 20A battery charger, not the trickle charge stuff...
mine died once...
the trick is to start and drive around every 2 weeks...

reza

cymrex

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I had my PC680 die and only show 1.1 Volts. I called BatteryMart and he mentioned most chargers have a safety circuit that will not charge a 12V battery if the voltage is below ~9V. This is to prevent people from hooking a 6V battery to a 12V charger and cooking it. I had put it on my Battery Minder (trickle charger) and no help. After talking with the battery specialist he recommended bringing it to a battery place because they have chargers that will force charge to 14.4V. He said I would have to drive for about 2 hours to recharge using the alternator from my state of discharge. Finally I hooked up a good full size car battery to the PC680 and the trickle charger to the full size battery. The next day all was ok and the trickle charger has kept it at the right voltage ever since.

DavidDeco

I had poor luck with the PC680 after about 4 months, I went back to a bigger battery 2 weeks ago. It's nice at least to know if this one dies, it won't be such a pain in the *** to attach jumpers to the terminals.

Plus, with the fan mod, I was killing my 680. I had to undo it for starters.

Sounded like a cool idea at first and it sure suprised people but my 'normal sized' fits in the compartment tray just fine now with some cutting and I don't have the trade offs now.

David