Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 998 / 996 / 916 / 748 > Optimate 3 indications

[Godders]

My Optimate has started to indicate that it's on permanent charge and when I turn the power off with it still connected to the 748 it indicates desulfate. Anybody seen this before or have any idea what it's trying to tell me??

[AK]

disconnect it then reconnect again.
desulphate means it is trying to desulphate the battery - as in run it down to then recharge it.

[Godders]

Cheers AK, I'll give it a try.

[AK]

you must disconnct both the battery and the mains, then reconnect both and see what the charger is doing then.
its might just be a glitch with the charger

[james81273]

thankyou for answering this question as i too got this weird red light and have since been looking for the answer on the internet for weeks. Mainly becuase i binned the instruction booklet dohh