Ahh...good tip.  I really need to check out my House Battery and Starter Battery dates.  Time flies.  In general, I think 8 years for either of them is about right.  Assuming you use your Vanagon regularly.  So much easier to replace when at home than when on the road.

    On Thursday, April 21, 2022, 03:47:47 PM PDT, Tom C <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Thanks Dan it’s my house battery brand new. 8 years you got your money
worth out of that thing haha.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 4:49 PM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>