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Subject:Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
From:PB
Date:Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:46:31 -0700

There are no stickers at all, other than the warning sticker.  No stickers
have fallen into the battery compartment.  There are 2 different etchings on
the battery:  6KFD29 and 6FD291.  One is factory branded into the plastic,
the other is hand engraved.  On the battery handle is AR35H02/0409-2.
Patti
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On 4/28/07, Mark Drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
>