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Oddessey battery
philw - 3/11/08 at 04:46 PM

I have a flat Oddessey pc 680 battery, can i charge it with a normal battery charger?

Wadders - 3/11/08 at 05:17 PM

You might not be able to charge it at all, i killed mine by letting it go flat, nothing would bring it back it was less than 6 months old, apparently they don't take kindly to a full discharge, i now use an optimate trickle charger all the time.

Al.




Originally posted by philw
I have a flat Oddessey pc 680 battery, can i charge it with a normal battery charger?

philw - 3/11/08 at 05:36 PM

It's not totally flat, it just needs a boost but i canit get a car near it to jump stsrt it.

RK - 3/11/08 at 05:39 PM

I have one too. I was told to charge it slowly, as the gel batteries don't like car chargers on full blast.

philw - 3/11/08 at 05:43 PM

I have an Optimate but it says not to use on a gel battery.

stevebubs - 3/11/08 at 06:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by philw
I have an Optimate but it says not to use on a gel battery.


I have an Optimate 3 and have used it without issue on my PC680.

philw - 3/11/08 at 06:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by stevebubs
quote:
Originally posted by philw
I have an Optimate but it says not to use on a gel battery.


I have an Optimate 3 and have used it without issue on my PC680.



I will give it a go then.

dhutch - 3/11/08 at 08:50 PM

Ive got a very simular powervamp battery and i didnt know what charger that needed.
- I did look on there website, and havea poke about. But in the end i just stuck my £40 hellfrauds charger on it because it was flat and needed something.

I dont know how sensotive they can be because they obvisouly dont mine being charged be a normal 40/50amp alternator.

I considered puting it on 'sealed' battery setting but the powervamp site goes on about it being able handle high current/coltage everything i didnt bother.


Daniel

MikeRJ - 4/11/08 at 03:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by philw
I have an Optimate but it says not to use on a gel battery.


Odysseys are not gel batteries, they use normal acid, but it's held within a glass mat. If they are happy to take the very high currents from an alternator, a small battery charger shouldn't cause them any harm.

From the Odyssey web site: "Small, portable automotive chargers may be used to charge your ODYSSEY® battery".

The point is that you shouldn't leave the battery connected to these chargers unless they have automatic cut off, as they don't take kindly to overcharging.

[Edited on 4/11/08 by MikeRJ]