Brand new battery dead, refuses to be charged?

[joesregalproject]

I bought a new battery earlier this year, around march, so it's not brand new, but it isn't old either. As my car sits, the battery does too, but I leave it disconnected. So last night, after *hopefully* finalizing my engine work, i push it outside to fire it up, to *hopefully* see the car run right for the first time in my 9 months of ownership. Hooked the battery up, poured some gas down the carb, and cranked it. Dead battery, I guess from cranking it a quite a few times, during previous "end of engine work" first starts) and from sitting. So I borrowed my buddy's trickle charger, and hooked it up. It read 2.5 of 10. So it's been on the charger for about 5 hours now, and the needle hasn't moved. What's going on? I'm not too concerned, the battery is still under warranty, so I can get a new one, but I'll have to wait until this weekend probably, I'm not a very patient person, lol.

 

[79malibubbctt]

Has it been cold. Sometimes the cold can affect it but it just sounds like a shitty battery.

 

[joesregalproject]

Has it been cold. Sometimes the cold can affect it but it just sounds like a shitty battery.

Yes it is cold here in Pittsburgh. But it's supposed to go up to 60 ferenheit this weekend as opposed to the high 30s it's been. It probably is a shitty battery, I just grabbed the cheapest one i could get, at the time I really didn't care, now when I want to start the car, I care. It's a Walmart neverstart, I mean Everstart.

 

[pontiacgp]

how many amps is the charger? if it's a 2 amp charger it could take over a day to charge it

 

[565bbchevy]

One thing I do on any of my cars that sit is use a battery maintainer on them. My Monte has a 12 year old Optima and it still fires up the big block like a new battery but I also hardwired a maintainer to the battery in the trunk since day one and if I'm not driving it then it's plugged in.
The previous brand battery I used if I killed it once it would never hold a charge again and I would have to keep getting new ones under warranty.

 

[79malibubbctt]

I love the ultima batteries. They are a deep cycle battery. You can drain and charge as much as you want and they still work. You get any other battery abd drain its done.

 

[joesregalproject]

how many amps is the charger? if it's a 2 amp charger it could take over a day to charge it

6 amp

 

[joesregalproject]

One thing I do on any of my cars that sit is use a battery maintainer on them. My Monte has a 12 year old Optima and it still fires up the big block like a new battery but I also hardwired a maintainer to the battery in the trunk since day one and if I'm not driving it then it's plugged in.
The previous brand battery I used if I killed it once it would never hold a charge again and I would have to keep getting new ones under warranty.

I am going to get a battery tender as soon as I, 1. Fix this battery. 2. Get this one replaced (Under warranty). Eventually I'll invest in an optima battery.

 

[pontiacgp]

One thing I do on any of my cars that sit is use a battery maintainer on them. My Monte has a 12 year old Optima and it still fires up the big block like a new battery but I also hardwired a maintainer to the battery in the trunk since day one and if I'm not driving it then it's plugged in.
The previous brand battery I used if I killed it once it would never hold a charge again and I would have to keep getting new ones under warranty.

I am going to get a battery tender as soon as I, 1. Fix this battery. 2. Get this one replaced (Under warranty). Eventually I'll invest in an optima battery.

565bb Chevy's optima is 12 years old, the optima's that are on the market now have plenty of issues. I use to use optima but I won't touch one now. I'd trust the 12 year old model first. I have an odyssey battery now

 

[Bonnewagon]

I put an Odyssey in the Wife's Cobalt, very reliable. But a dead wet cell can take overnight and longer to get a full charge. Do the cells have caps and are they full? A battery hydrometer is the best test, but it must be fully charged first. On my skiff I use a marine solar charger that sits on the bow and the 10 year old deep cycle/starting battery goes neglected for weeks in summer without any trouble. I would recommend the Odyssey because it is a deep cycle/starting absorbed glass mat type that gives a bigger initial burst for starting and does not gas so it won't rust the car's metal.