Dry-cell battery charging?

[1gDSM4g63]

How do you charge dry-cell batteries? One time I went Autozone and all they did was trickle charge it and it work fine, but today I went to trickle charge it myself to nearly fully, but it doesn't work. It's even worse, there is no power whatsoever. I think I ruin the Hawker Odyssey!

 

[bedlam]

You have to have a charger that specifically charges AGM(absorbed glass mat) batteries. The chargers at places like Autozone and Advance Auto Parts can be set that way. Needless to say, you killed your battery.

 

[1gDSM4g63]

Hmmm... I wonder how Autozone did it. They charged it with a not special looking Schumacher which looks exactly like mine. Oh well, I blew $120 down the drain. Might as well get a normal size battery and do a trunk installation. The Hawker wasn't working to well for me anyways.

 

[bedlam]

They might have damaged it when they used that battery charger originally. The most common type is a optima so the guy might not have known what to put it on. Honestly they are using the wrong type of charger. The stores are supposed to have a particular machine that will charge any type of battery depending on the setting they put it on. AGMs have to be put on a specific charge setting or it can cause the cells to swell. My first week at work, I put one on the wrong setting and caused that to happen. Then found out what those batteries really had to be put on.

 

[Beemer92]

Thanks for the info guys. At least I now know how to charge my redtop the right way!!!