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Re: How to find source of battery drain?

To: cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: How to find source of battery drain?
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:00:07 -0600
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <Springmail.105.1011031502.0.00973300@www.springmail.com> FILETIME=[3A3FF870:01C19D2B]
Take it down to your local discount auto parts place. They can test it there 
for you for free.
Brad

cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com wrote:

> Greetings folks:
>
> After a bit of a list hiatus due to the birth over the Summer of my daughter, 
>I figured it was about time to try to get at least 1 Midget out of the garage. 
> So last weekend, I went to start the '74, and discovered that the battery was 
>dead.  So I charged it up for a few hours, but the car still needed some help 
>from a jumpstart in order to get it going.  Yesterday, I figured I'd start it 
>up again, and the same thing happened... a dead battery.  Not even enough 
>juice to run the fuel pump.  I put the charger on for a while, but before 
>trying to crank the engine, I disconnected the negative terminal, and placed 
>an electrical tester from the engine block to ground, and got nothing.  Is it 
>possible that I am losing current at such a slow rate that it would discharge 
>the battery in a week, but not enough to light the test lamp?
>
> If that is true, how would a find the problem?
>
> Regards,
>
> Charles

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