battery dead

[silveradodude]

Went to start the truck this morning and it was dead. So I used the $80 jump box I have and it started up. Came home 10 hrs later and let the radio play on aux for 10 minutes and walla .....Would not crank. Jumped it it was fine..

 

I am pretty sure that the battery just wont hold a charge.

What do you think....

[Dustin07]

thats a fresh battery to already have problems. i doubt this is the case, but did you check to make sure your terminals were all very tight? i had that problem for a while and didnt realize it

[budhayes3]

If the battery itself is good, then something's draining it. Check for a parasitic draw...anything more than 50 milliamps is too much.(most NBS trucks I've tested are around 27-29 milliamps). Actually there's another thread about this same thing...or I'm having deja-vu...(had a few cocktails tonight)...think I'll do a search..

[budhayes3]

Hey, don't mean to change the subject or nuthin, but while I was searchin I stumbled across this...thought some folks might find it interesting: http://service.gm.com/gmtechlink/arcv_pdf/4_02_e.pdf

 

 

Geez man, those Budweisers really add up after awile...gotta hit enter...

[cdiddy]

Had the same problem once. The termanals were rusted. Cleaned them and retighted them and no problem since.