[arbita1]

I have an Optima Redtop battery (34R model). I bought it 6-7 years ago. It has always been strong and started right up. I always kept it on the trickle charger in the non driving winter months.

It has now been totally dead after a week of not being started. This happened twice now. I took it to be tested today but they needed to charge it and I didn't have time to wait. I came home and put it on the 10 amp charger for 1.5 hours and it's hardly charged up. I then put the trickle charger back on it and am leaving it over night to see what happens.

I recently rebuilt my engine and my car sat for a year while I did this. I had the trickle charger on the battery for the whole time. Could this have killed the battery? Not sure why it would just die like this.


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