dead battery

[jerry93270]

new battery.dead in the morning.seems ok after a jump,but dead again about 5 hrs later.it's been ok untill yesterday.unhooked the batt. last night and it didn't seem to get any lower,but still to low to turn over.

[KimMG]

Are both ends of each battery cable clean and secure?
Have you had the charging system tested? Some autuparts stores will do this for free.
If the battery and charging system are good, then you are going to have find out what is staying on and causing a power draw.

[geno4952]

It is possible you have a dead cell in the battery. I have had this happen with a new battery in the past. Take it to an auto zone, if you are near one, and they will check it for free. If no auto zone is handy most all auto parts stores will do it. Good luck......

[Scrapper]

it does sound like you have a short or maybe you got a new bad battery it can happen.. i'd take it autozone or advanced have them plug it in and see what comes up with..but have them plug it in while in car..good luck...

[jerry93270]

Originally Posted by jerry93270

new battery.dead in the morning.seems ok after a jump,but dead again about 5 hrs later.it's been ok untill yesterday.unhooked the batt. last night and it didn't seem to get any lower,but still to low to turn over.

unplugged regulator overnite and battery stayed up.so i replaced it and problem solved.reg. was shorting to ground.

[jerry93270]

regulator was shorting to ground

[jerry93270]

turned out the regulator was shorting out.left the reg unplugged overnite and the batt stayed up,so i replaced the reg and it solved the problem.