I bought a trickle charger because I haven't been driving my subaru. It's been sitting for about a month now, the battery is dead.
It's totally dead, can't even unlock the car door or do anything, no power at all.
My question:
Should I jump my subaru and get the battery back to normal before leaving it on the trickle charger. Or can I just throw the trickle charger on and it will be powered back up and ready to start in a day or two? Does a trickle charger work like that, powering up a dead battery, or just maintaining charge on already charted battery?
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04-10-2023, 08:37 AM #1
Trickle charger question for reps
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04-10-2023, 08:43 AM #2☠ ☠ ☠ ☠ ☠
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It works just like your penis. It'll take a long time to fill the bowl if it's just a trickle.
You should probably have your prostate checked out, too.
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04-10-2023, 09:18 AM #3Quadzilla
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Trickle chargers are meant to keep batteries at full voltage, not charge dead ones.
Get a new battery or jump it and drive it around for a while and let the alternator charge itWorst jew in the world.
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04-10-2023, 09:46 AM #4Registered User
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What trickle charger are you using? I know some have circuitry that will vary the current going to the battery depending on its state of charge, so you may be able to just hook one up if the battery is dead, and give it a while before it'll even out the current and just keep it topped off. Then some require the battery to have at least a small bit of charge. Look up your model and go from there, but like mentioned before, best practice would be to jump it, alternator charge it a bit, then hook it up to the trickle if you aren't sure.
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04-10-2023, 01:13 PM #5
Thanks for info. I'll probably just jump it and cruise around for a bit to get the battery charged then just keep it on the trickle.
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04-10-2023, 06:48 PM #6Registered Cruiser
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Try testing the battery or jumping it, its also likely that the battery is completely dead and no jumping will even work, and you might need a new battery altogether.....this literally just happened to my Hellcat
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04-11-2023, 12:16 AM #7Disconnect the negative battery cable.Originally Posted by freeburn
Hook up the trickle charger.
Leave for 24 hours, possibly longer. There should be an indicator which states when charge is complete.
Remove charger, re-connect cable and away you go....and according to which an ensign might rank incomparably higher than a general, and according to which what was needed for success in the service was not effort or work, or courage, or perseverance, but only the knowledge of how to get on with those who can grant rewards, and he was himself often surprised at the rapidity of his success, and at the inability of others to understand these things
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