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<blockquote data-quote="BigWave" data-source="post: 584248" data-attributes="member: 6786"><p>I've read:</p><p><em>You're likely using a smart charger.</em></p><p><em>Most of the new intelligent chargers need to see a voltage on the battery before they will start up. </em></p><p><em>This is a safety issue, to prevent the charger from arcing when the electrodes are shorted. </em></p><p><em>If the battery voltage is so low that the charger can't detect it, the charger won't turn on. In this case you need to bootstrap the battery by jumping it to another battery to get a small bit of charge in it.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigWave, post: 584248, member: 6786"] I've read: [i]You're likely using a smart charger. Most of the new intelligent chargers need to see a voltage on the battery before they will start up. This is a safety issue, to prevent the charger from arcing when the electrodes are shorted. If the battery voltage is so low that the charger can't detect it, the charger won't turn on. In this case you need to bootstrap the battery by jumping it to another battery to get a small bit of charge in it.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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