Are you able to jump start optima batteries like normal batteries?

[RacerTrue]

I left the headlights on in my car.....:ughd:

[projectRDM]

It's a battery, doesn't matter. Why would you think it was anything different from a regular fluid type battery?

[RacerTrue]

they state its a dry cell battery and im assuming that its different than a "regular" battery, i wasnt sure, i just wanted to make sure

[mRclARK1]

I've done it before...never had a problem.

P.S. How long did you leave your lights on for?....I left my lights, AND my electric fan, on for over 3 hours accidently and my optima still started my car no problem. :wiggle:

[RacerTrue]

i dunno, i think 4-5 hours and i noticed that the alrram door unlock didnt work no more!! grrr so i got a ride home and im gonna go jump start it in about an hour

[mRclARK1]

Optima's usually don't die very easily...I'd check to see if something is putting a drain on your battery when your engine is off perhaps. If so, that, combined with the headlights staying on, is probably why it died.

[krustindumm]

they state its a dry cell battery and im assuming that its different than a "regular" battery, i wasnt sure, i just wanted to make sure


It is not a dry cell. It is an absorbed glass mat battery. Still has acid, they just soak it into fiberglass.