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Same comments as above. Check the cables, maybe take off and sand the terminals. Check the cutoff switch, perhaps bypass it.
If that's all OK, replace the battery with the DieHard out of your passenger car and see if that solves the issues. If so, the Optima is bad.
I can't see how the Optima is at 18v. Perhaps it has an interal short or misconnection.
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