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Subject:Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
From:Mark Drillock
Date:Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:20:48 -0700

The will be a stamp or sticker on the battery that will tell when it was
made. Example - A03  would be Jan 2003, C99 would be Mar 1999

Mark

PB wrote:

> Charged it last night.  It started 3 different times just fine.  I even
> went
> out to start it before going to bed last night.  No problem.  This morning
> it was weak and didn't start!  I removed the battery to see how old it is,
> but there are no markings that I can understand.  It's a delco with a
> handle
> on it.  It was very easy to lift out with that handle.  I don't know how
> old
> that battery is. My husband said the aux battery was also discharged.
>
> I made sure the ceiling light and stereo were off.   I don't know what else
> to check.   It started perfectly fine for the first 2 weeks that I had it.
> What could I have possibly left on that would be draining the battery?
>
> Thanks again.
> Patti
>
> 1990 automatic Westy (power everything)
> North Hollywood CA
>