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Old 10-04-2010, 09:20 AM
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Re: New battery, but completely dead
1. Fully charge the battery, make sure EVERYTHING in car is turned off.

2. Let battery sit for a few hours disconnected, then measure voltage of battery with multimeter.

3. Install battery, and connect battery cables. Measure voltage again, if it is more than 1/6 volt lower connected, you have a parasitic draw.

4. Now you can eliminate each individual circuit by pulling the fuse and seeing if it kicks the voltage back to baseline.
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