[blizmop]

So it turns out the brand new battery was dead - totally. I went through a hour and a half battle at Canadian Tire to get the stupid thing replaced, but I did. With the new-new battery in the car the volts register around 10 while running and around 11 while off. I drove for about 25 minutes with the accessories on to check things out and it held at 10 volts. The strange part is that whenever I put the rear defrost on, or applied all the accessories at the same time the volts would go as low as 5 or 6 - whether or not the engine was running.

The battery is still connected and when I go out in the morning I am anticipating a dead battery. We will see.