NAC - Draining Battery

[Eric Sanborn]

If he has an Advanced Auto, Auto Zone, or similar locally they will test the
charging system for free.  They can tell him if it is the battery or what.

-Eric

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com> wrote:

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> Dan,
>
> It could also easily be faulty battery.  A few months ago I put a brand new
> battery in my Ranger peecup.   It kept draining down and would not start the
> truck after only a couple of hours of standing unused.  Turned out to have a
> dead short internally and I had to replace it.  Under warranty fortunately.
>
> Bob
>
> At 08:11 PM 5/21/2011, Dan DiBiase wrote:
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>> Trying to diagnose a draining battery (it's new) on my son's '99 Impreza
>> 2.5RS
>> from 2 hours away.... He has to jump it every time to run it,
>>
>> and if it sits off for even a few minutes after running, it requires a
>> jump to
>> start again. Could it be the alternator?  I was thinking it must
>> be something in the electrical system draining the battery when the car is
>> off,
>> but for it to happen within 5 minutes of the car being off seems
>> unlikely.
>>
>>  Dan D
>> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
>> Central NJ USA
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