Slow drain
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Slow drain
If I got away for a couple of days without the car
when I come home
the battery is very low or has not got enough in it to start everything is turned off park under Car port 
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Re: Slow drain
might be time to replace the battery.
A kettle of boiling water will usually get it going, poured over the battery.
Of course, one must adhere to 50 pages of safety information to try it.
A kettle of boiling water will usually get it going, poured over the battery.
Of course, one must adhere to 50 pages of safety information to try it.
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Re: Slow drain
Wayne next time you go away for a few days, take off one battery lead. If the battery is good then you know you have a leak somewhere.
Light in the boot or something small.
Light in the boot or something small.
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Re: Slow drain
I have a client who had a MB and they would go away for a couple of weeks leaving the car unlocked in the secure garage. When they returned the battery would be dead flat. They went through 5 batteries in two years. They finally found that with the car unlocked there was a drain on the batteries, locking it overcame the problem.
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Re: Slow drain
Auto elect said it has two dead
cell that the battery was four years old 
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Wayne nini
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