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Optimate query

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:08 am
by Ade B
At risk of sounding completely ignorant (& stupid) and sorry this is not about bikes :roll:

Anyone here used their bike optimate on a car? My car battery is flat and I haven't got a car charger? For some reason I seem to recollect this was not a good idea.

Comments appreciated..

Ade

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:18 am
by r550s
when you say 'bike optimate' - I thought an optimate was just a clever trickle battery charger. i use mine for the bike, the kids electric truck, golf caddy batteries, car batteries, sex aids.....
..they all work fine, ahem.

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:43 am
by madman
If the battery is 12 volts the optimate will never know what it is used in!

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:59 am
by Ade B
Yep, I was being a div..:oops:

actually looked at the instructions and lo, it is a battery charger..

Hooked up to the car and 'optimating' as I write..

Ta for replies.

Ade

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:29 pm
by winger
Keeped a car on an Optimate for the best part of 3 years,worked fine,that was untill i sold it 2 months ago!!! haveing done 180 miles in it from the previous MOT !!.