You can easily test the charger. Just use a volt meter, and while the charger is plugged in, and connected to a battery, you should see at least 13.8 volts or so. If you're not reading above 13volts, it's probably not working. The Optima charger is a nice piece, but only if you're running AGM type batteries. It will work on standard lead acid batteries, but you're spending a lot of money for the AGM charging ability if you don't need it.
~Holland On Mar 21, 2016 08:00, "Larry Velez" <la...@sinu.com> wrote: > My battery tender Jr. does not seem to be charging the batteries I am > trying to use it on anymore. Do these things die after a while? > > > > I assume there is no hard in having them connected to a battery all the > time? I try to swap between the Mk2 and the E30 but now it seems like it > is not charging either battery. > > > > Might have to step up to a better one. Is this $200 fancy Optima one > worth the extra money in anyone’s opinion? > http://www.amazon.com/Optima-Digital-Performance-Battery-Maintainer/dp/B009M3PQFA > > > > Dying batteries is what led to the world of pain I am still in on my 16V. > The battery would not stay charged and I was forced to park it away from an > outlet (because NYC!) so it ended up sitting longer than it should have > which caused the ethanol heavy gas to muck everything up… now I fear > uncharged batteries. > > > > Larry > > 91 GTI 16V > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MK2-16v" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/753c16362e4149ed9bb1948698cc1818%40MBX082-E1-VA-2.EXCH082.SERVERPOD.NET > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/753c16362e4149ed9bb1948698cc1818%40MBX082-E1-VA-2.EXCH082.SERVERPOD.NET?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CABrbKBnGeBHfxwb50gDOk_9BWh1gMfTd0xpsNcn0J%3D7tG7y23Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
