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Subject:Re: Parasitic drain
From:Dan N
Date:Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:49:10 -0700

How old is the battery Tom?

I replaced a dead battery (8 years / 2014) last week. I know there's a
"reasonable" drain.. If I let the van sit for 3 to 4 weeks, the cranking is
quite weak but it starts. Then one day there's not even red blinking lights
when I turn the ignition ON. I charged on boost (20 amp) for 5 hours and
then on regular (2-6 amp) overnight. Nope... no cranking. I took it out and
brought it to the store for testing... they said it's dead.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 5:05 AM Tom C <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote:

> What’s up fellas, sorry to bother you all
> In the am. I have the dash out rewiring everything and trying to track down
> a parasitic drain on the house battery and I found out my truck fridge is
> drawing like .017 when it’s turned off, really .013 because I think the
> battery constant is drawing .004. So when I have my mppt plugged in and the
> truck fridge I’m at about .03 amp draw which is eating up almost a volt in
> 24hours. Is it normal for the truck fridge to draw like that when powered
> off or do I have a short somewhere in the fridge? Thanks for any and all
> assistance. Peace tom
>