|
Yeah, there's nothing I can think of that would kill the battery in only 10 minutes. The largest consumer drain on the battery is the starter, takes a few hundred amps, at least initially, then maybe drops to closer to 100 amps, that may just kill it in 10 minutes, but, UH, I think you'd know it if that were the problem, eh?
The next in line would probably be the headlamps, they shouldn't cause a bateery to go dead in 10 minutes. With a brand-new battery as you say you have, you should safely be able to have those on for over 1/2 hour and still have reserve enough to start.
I would have to guess you have something intermittent going on with the battery itself or a bad battery connection, which suddenly gets better when the jumpers are installed over the clamps, something like that. Or maybe a bad ignition switch?
Sounds pretty weird.
Gilly
|