What do the lights on an OptiMate mean?
OptiMate charges your battery and then tests it to see if it will hold its charge OK. If OptiMate senses that the battery Voltage drops, it will “red-light” your battery to warn you that the battery may have a problem.
What do the lights on a trickle charger mean?
The blinking LED lights indicate different status of charge: Short green flash = less than 80% charged. Long green flash = more than 80% charged. Solid green light = 100% charged. Red flash = fault code, charging error.
Will an OptiMate 3 charge a car battery?
While the relatively low current put out by this charger means it’s intended for motorcycle use, I have used it to charge a hefty car battery when I was stuck – it coped fine, just taking longer of course.
What does the red and green light mean on charger?
A red light comes on to indicate fast charging of the battery. After fast charge is done, the light turns green and the remaining 3 hour charge becomes a trickle charge, optimizing battery performance.
What do the colors mean on a battery tender?
battery is connected properly and the charger is charging the battery. The red light will remain on until the charger completes the charging stage. the red light is on, the battery is greater than 80% charged and may be removed from the charger and used if necessary.
What do the lights mean on a trickle charger?
What do the lights on my battery charger mean?
Short green flash = less than 80% charged. Long green flash = more than 80% charged. Solid green light = 100% charged. Red flash = fault code, charging error.
What do the lights mean on my battery charger?
What is optimate 3?
It’s the most trusted battery saving charger & maintainer for motorcycle, ATV, Side by side or personal watercraft. OptiMate 3 is trusted by global motorcycle OEM’s, including Honda, Triumph, Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki and more. What type and size batteries does OptiMate 3 charge?
How long does it take to charge the Optimate 3?
The OptiMate 3 averaged about 1 hour of “Charge” time on each of the four different motorcycles we connected it to, all with batteries at different levels of charge, having sat in the garage for various amounts of time.
Will optimate 3 Save my battery?
Yes, OptiMate 3 will save ‘dead flat’ sulphated batteries from as low as 2V. Can OptiMate 3 test my battery? Yes, OptiMate 3 tests automatically and indicates if there is a battery problem.
What do the LED lights on the Optimate 3 mean?
If the battery is discharged or sulfated, the “Desulfate” LED will glow yellow-orange and as long as the battery has 2 Volts or more. The OptiMate 3 will provide up to a 20V charge maximum at 200 mA to try and force a charge.