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Old 03-07-2020, 11:30 PM
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Location: Bandon, Oregon
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I know it's draining the battery. I can see the battery voltage declining as soon as I connect the battery.
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Originally Posted by vwnate1 View Post
The simple test is to leave the ground cable off for two weeks and then see if it starts....

Maybe it's a bad battery even if new ? .

I've had a few quartz clocks fail and run the batteries dead in a day or two .

I too am keen to learn what the average / allowable parasitic drain is .
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