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Old 04-20-2005, 10:34 AM
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Default False Expectations???

I have a 95 Oldsmobile Aurora which was my wifes new car and is now our "spare" car.

The car started up and ran fine the last time we used it. that was between 3 and 3.5 months ago. The battery is now totally dead after sitting for that period. The things in the car that I can think of that are "always on" are:

Alarm
radio station memory
clock memory
remote entry reciever
Main engine computer (ECM)

Are these things enough to drain a good battery over three months or so? The battery is somewhat old, would a new battery maintain charge this long, or am I asking too much for any battery.

If I am expecting too much, I will get one of those solar chargers and leave it sitting on the dash.

WADDAYOUGUYSTHINK?????

Ed
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