Re: dead battery ARGH!!

[Luis Marques <marques@ti.com>]

rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu (R Justin Andrews) wrote:

> QUESTION.....
> can the parking lights really flatten a battery to no charge in 3-4
> hours? I am going to run the car for a solid hour @ lunch so hopefully
> it will start when I get off @ 6pm...

FWIW, twice in the past two years I have left the parking lights on
(headlights turn off when you turn off the ignition) when I got to work
in the morning.  Twice the battery was fully drained in the afternoon
when it's time to go back home - no horn, no clock, no nothing.  And
twice the Interstate battery has been fine after a jump start and a 1/2
hour drive home.  Not to mention the time my wife left the car parked a
full day at the airport with the lights on and the same results.

Luis Marques
'87 4kcsq