Author Topic: Will a Battery Tender Junior charge a flat car battery?  (Read 586 times)

mousejunks

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Re: Will a Battery Tender Junior charge a flat car battery?
« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2021, 09:16:54 AM »
One trick I use is to connect a good battery in parallel with the bad battery to trick the charger into putting out current. Then I would disconnect the good battery and let the charger continue. Works ok to get some extra life out of it but a battery sitting flat for months has already sulfated and the chance of it being reusable is low.
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Re: Will a Battery Tender Junior charge a flat car battery?
« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2021, 11:09:04 AM »
After 36hrs battery Tender Jr. is showing solid red light...which apparently means it's charging.
Info on the tender says if blinking red light...it is "not charging".
Will check again tomorrow.
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