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Old 26th February 2021, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by 27litres View Post
It could very well be that the battery is faulty, but any modern smart charger requires a certain amount of electrical resistance and voltage feedback to initiate a charge.
Which in English means that smart chargers won't charge a totally flat battery.

(The work around is to couple a good battery in parallel to fool the charger)
Yes, you're right. I connected my C-TEK charger and that had the same result. However, this battery was well and truly dead and nothing revived it. I did get a replacement from the supplier though - eventually!
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