[DeTomaso] Eastwood Battery Tender - 25% off through midnight tonight!

[Julian Kift]

Optima will also tell you that a battery discharged below the 60% level has a reduced life and full discharge is a real killer. Sulfation (irreversible coating of the plates) starts to occur at 75% charge level and 80% of battery failures are due to sulfation. The key here is not to let it get discharged in the first place. If you have any sort of parasitic drain then get a battery tender of some description.
 
Julian
 
> From: JDeRyke at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:02:18 -0400
> To: kenn_green at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Eastwood Battery Tender - 25% off through midnight tonight!
> 
> Dunno on that particular charger, but quite a few 'smart' chargers simply 
> do not recognize AGM batteries when they get hooked on. I wrote a little tip 
> in your POCA Newsletter back in September taken from the Optima Tech site: 
> 
> 'To charge ANY deeply discharged Optima (and presumably other AGM 
> batteries), hook it along with a fully charged battery, to the charger in parallel. 
> Leave the two batteries on for 30 minutes (no longer than 60 minutes or you 
> risk destroying the charger), then disconnect the fully charged one. This 
> should lay enough surface charge onto the Optima to allow the charger to 
> realize there's a discharged battery hooked to it and charging will proceed 
> normally'. 
> Good luck- J DeRyke
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