Ran an AGM battery dead, is it ruined?

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I drive a 2006 Camry 2.4L. I have a year-old 24F Everstart Platinum AGM battery. I left the hazards on and killed the battery. Jumped it fine with a Noco, battery seems to be okay now. Took a couple of start-stop cycles to charge to typical voltage levels I was accustomed to.
Did I severely hurt the AGM battery? I was hoping to get maybe 7-8 years out of this battery.
 
It's probably not completely crashed but every flattening reduces life.

Any idea what voltage dropped to?
What exact charger did you put it on?
By determining the chargers min startup voltage (if it's solid state it will have one) is we can determine just how flat it was.
Most modern ones will initiate charging at 1-3V.

If you used an old school charger it would start at 0V
 
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I would have put it on a slow charge to bring it back up, but it is probably serviceable. Did it sap some life out of it? Maybe. I've had a couple of Optima's last a few discharges, but saw definite performance issues.
 
Just an FYI, if one depletes an AGM, the can be restored by a constant current charge. No need for a fancy pulse charger, they don't work anyway.

Simply set the CC charger at 1/10th the 1 hour AH rate and charge for 16 hours. Take a break at 8 hours if it gets hot. Let the voltage go to any level it finds.

Example, a 20AH battery, constant current charge a 2.0A for 16 hours, from a starting point 10V or below.

This can also restore an older, still functional AGM. Just make sure to slowly draw it below 10V first.

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Just an FYI, if one depletes an AGM, the can be restored by a constant current charge. No need for a fancy charger.

Simply set the CC charger at 1/10th the 1 hour AH rate and charge for 16 hours. Take a break at 8 hours if it gets hot. Let the voltage go to any level it finds.

Example, a 20AH battery, constant current charge a 2.0A for 16 hours, from a starting point 10V or below.

This can also restore an older, still functional AGM. Just make sure to slowly draw it below 10V first.
Preferably outside... and just to clarify what Cujet is saying, this is for a dead a and weak AGM battery. On a relatively new one, this would be harsh treatment.
 
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I drive a 2006 Camry 2.4L. I have a year-old 24F Everstart Platinum AGM battery. I left the hazards on and killed the battery. Jumped it fine with a Noco, battery seems to be okay now. Took a couple of start-stop cycles to charge to typical voltage levels I was accustomed to.
Did I severely hurt the AGM battery? I was hoping to get maybe 7-8 years out of this battery.
I have a question, or a few questions, why were the Hazards put on? If you put them on, and you knew how to put them on, why did you not shut them off? I once left the lights on my car, and they shut off, the newer car did, the older car did not. I have no clue on how to turn the Hazards on my car, I know I will get some responses, LOL.
 
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