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<blockquote data-quote="deleted member" data-source="post: 360200" data-attributes="member: 816"><p>"I take it home, slap it in and it fires right up. Think awesome, just a bad battery. Next morning my son leaves for school....dead." </p><p></p><p>^^^^ this tells me/us its not the alternator ^^^ if you put a brand new battery in, started it, didn't leave it running for a long time or drive it, and then it was dead the next morning, then the alternator can't be playing a roll in your problem. you have a random parasitic draw and if it will drain a battery completely just whilst sitting at school, its not a small one (although it sounds like that happened to an already shot battery that likely froze after going dead). the video guy posted should be the ticket. if you don't feel comfortable, any mechanic worth their hourly rate should be able to do the same thing without breaking your bank.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deleted member, post: 360200, member: 816"] "I take it home, slap it in and it fires right up. Think awesome, just a bad battery. Next morning my son leaves for school....dead." ^^^^ this tells me/us its not the alternator ^^^ if you put a brand new battery in, started it, didn't leave it running for a long time or drive it, and then it was dead the next morning, then the alternator can't be playing a roll in your problem. you have a random parasitic draw and if it will drain a battery completely just whilst sitting at school, its not a small one (although it sounds like that happened to an already shot battery that likely froze after going dead). the video guy posted should be the ticket. if you don't feel comfortable, any mechanic worth their hourly rate should be able to do the same thing without breaking your bank. [/QUOTE]
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