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Old Mar 27, 2025 | 06:27 PM
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Question New electric issue!

Lately with no start up for 2-3 days battery gives up, put on 10amp charger battery charges from low to what seems to be full in 15-20 minutes. I had the battery checked at the local Advance store was very good and only one year old. I had to take it out of the car because they will not check batteries in the car. When I went to hook up the ground cable I heard a chirp from the dash, not sure of any relevance but all things are worth a mention. If I start it every other day it starts Ok, but I have an obvious draw. Need a decent electrical mind or will go the dealer route.
Any and all ideas where to start will be appreciated
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Old Mar 27, 2025 | 11:54 PM
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How old is the battery really? . . . like 1 year 8 months? . . . or 10 months? . . . or is it actually just about exactly a year old?

What make and model is the battery?

What you're describing (charging from low to full in 20 minutes at 10A) strikes me as bad cells inside the battery.

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put on 10amp charger battery charges from low to what seems to be full in 15-20 minutes.

No way.
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Old Mar 28, 2025 | 01:42 PM
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Do you know how to test for a parasitic draw? No, You will want to take it to a shop that does this kind of work.
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Old Apr 12, 2025 | 08:02 PM
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As life would have I had an accident, all is on hold until it goes up on a lift. It has some pretty severe toe out, that may turn out $$$ I should find out Monday.
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Originally Posted by Oldphil
As life would have I had an accident, all is on hold until it goes up on a lift. It has some pretty severe toe out, that may turn out $$$ I should find out Monday.
Sorry to hear this. Hopefully you came out of it okay!
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