Dead battery even with cutoff?
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Dead battery even with cutoff?
Another dead battery question. I have a cutoff on the battery for my 1998. I cut off the battery (working fine, 1 year old) and left for 3 weeks. Came back, reversed the cutoff, battery dead as a doornail. When I cut it off I checked that the lights did not come on, etc. Any ideas? Please no recommendation for battery tender/trickle charger since I park in a condo with no electrical outlets available. Thanks!
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Ha, I did not know it was okay to cut off the batter to stop it draining...
I guess this means you can have a lightweigh battery on a weekend car without a battery tender rigged up all the time?
Does this mean the radio code & time need resetting each time you re-connect it?
Sorry for the dumb question, but I'd rather ask, look dumb and know than not ask and remain ignorant!
And sorry for the hijack!
I guess this means you can have a lightweigh battery on a weekend car without a battery tender rigged up all the time?
Does this mean the radio code & time need resetting each time you re-connect it?
Sorry for the dumb question, but I'd rather ask, look dumb and know than not ask and remain ignorant!
And sorry for the hijack!
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Not entirely true, many GM radios will keep radio stations for a while after DC is disconnected, If the Security Code was set, that will have to be entered (or cleared).
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When a battery is sulfated,the plates inside warp sometimes short out or the sulfate will cause it to short. That causes an internal drain that will happen even if its disconnected. What battery and how old?
Last edited by Bill Curlee; May 24, 2011 at 07:21 PM.
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