[s-cars] Battery Drain

[calvinlc at earthlink.net]

I don't know about a brand new battery, but I can tell you when I let my
Firbird sit for months over the winter the battery will go dead, even with
the cable disconnected.  Batteries will self-discharge....but I don't know
how long a brand new one should last.
--Calvin


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iain.atkinson at tesco.net
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:14 AM
To: Kneale Brownson
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Battery Drain


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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