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Old 03-18-2019, 08:49 PM   #21
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Or simply put on jumper cables from your vehicle and let it charge for 20 minutes. That will put enough charge on the "dead" battery that the charger will recognize it.

Larry
That works as well. It depends on your comfort level playing with batteries.

Most have no idea that battery chargers have that safety circuit.

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Old 03-18-2019, 08:52 PM   #22
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Only the new ones do

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That works as well. It depends on your comfort level playing with batteries.

Most have no idea that battery chargers have that safety circuit.

Bob
Only the new ones do. They likely include a $0.75 microprocessor to decide which voltage to charge at. What I described is actually bad software design.

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