Odyssey 40 battery and smart charges ''be warned''

[V8Dom]

i ve had a redtop battery on my car for nearly 8 years and 18 months ago I changed to an Odyssey 40 battery.
The car is usually stored in the garage on a ctek 3.6 smart charger over winter

After the winter i noticed the Odyssey had expanded and cracked at the end... The car wqas checked for over charging and everything fine so the battery was sent back to Odyssey who advised the plates were warped inside and so must have been over charged even though the charger was tested and the car..

Another battery was supplied and this week(8 moths later) the same thing has happened again.

So ive had a little chat with ctek whicjh i felt everyone should know. ..

The Odyssey isnt a gel battery.
It can not be connected on a smart charger over a long period of time on the normal settings.. because of its cranking amps the charger supplies the battery small amps over a long period of time and the odyssey battery doesnt like this, getts too hot and warps the plates,,then expands and cracks and leaks,
The way arround this is if you coonect your battery (only Odyssey) upto a smart charger put the charger on the * setting(3 settings, m/c + car + *). This increases amps and volts and charges quicker and shuts down for longer periods of time, then the battery isnt as hot..
Ctek are aware its only the odyssey batterys that are effected and have had alot of reports of battery failure.... Gel types and normal batteries seem to be ok.


So if you store your car with a smart charger please be aware of this,

Dom

[V8Dom]

Storer said:

Dom

What made you change make of battery? 8 years is very good for a battery.

I have a Red Top 60 now and a C-tek charger with no problems.

Good advice though for those running Odyssey.

Paul

hi Paul


red top was not holding charge in the end as i forgot to charge it... Odyssey was the choice recommended,

Gone back to redtop 40. Feel it will last another 8 years now.. C-tek fine with redtops.