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Subject:Re: New battery is dead
From:mdrillock
Date:Mon, 1 Sep 2008 14:46:29 -0700

Something else is wrong. The clock can't kill it that fast. If this is a
Westy I would suspect that the fridge is running on 12 volts even with
the engine off. People can easily mess up the wiring when using the
fridge relay for the aux battery relay too. Make sure the fridge is
turned to 120 volts and see if that helps. If so the fridge relay is
wired wrong.

Mark

Cullen Stewart wrote:
> I have a 2 new interstate group 41 batteries and the stereo is hooked up exclusively to the aux. battery. That battery goes completely dead overnight without any other usage beyond the clock on the stereo. Do I have a short? Has anyone encountered this before? The battery is new and was tested at the Interstate battery dealer when I purchased it. It is annoying considering I know the battery is going to die from being 100% discharged too many times.
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