At 07:43 PM 8/25/98 -0400, Sean wrote:
>I got a new battery and the car started
>just fine but after being in the car (parked) for about an hour, the
>battery went dead again.
Sounds like a real bad short to kill a new battery in an hour. Disconnect
the cables and recharge the battery. Once it's charged, reconnect the
ground, and connect an ammeter inline with the other lead and measure the
current draw with everything off. Armed with a good schematic, start
pulling fuses and hot leads until you isolate the current draw.
One common "battery killer" is the light in the trunk (boot), but I would
doubt that it could kill a new battery that quickly.
Good luck,
Rich Mason
'73 MGB
Madison, AL
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