[s-cars] Battery Drain

[iain.atkinson at tesco.net]

Sounds to me like a bad battery and no there wouldn't be any drain as it's not connected.


iain
> 
> From: Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net>
> Date: 2006/11/29 Wed PM 05:15:30 GMT
> To: 200q20v at audifans.com
> CC: v8 at audifans.com,  quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Battery Drain
> 
> I've had a brand new battery in my new-to-me 200q20v for several months.
> Worked perfectly for me when I ran the car long enough to drive it onto the
> hoist the barn when I bought it.  It's been sitting on the hoist ever since
> with the negative cable disconnected while I did the clutch replacement and
> worked on some other things like an axle boot and relay harness for the
> Euro lights I'm now installing.  Hooked the cable back up to test the
> harness and there's no power.  Battery is dead.  Should a new battery go
> dead sitting like that?  There can't be any drain with the negative cable
> disconnected can there? 
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