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Originally Posted by Multibeemer
What you say makes sense. And I'm encouraged by the fact that my wife misunderstood my request not to drive the car until I was certain it didn't have a current leak, and drove it after it had charged for about 10 hours, and had no problems. This was on a short trip, on which she made several stops. So yes, I'll give it a good long charge, and then monitor the draw. Thanks.
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In normal driving conditions your battery shouldn't get flat even in winter time,given that you're in Texas.I am in Canada and sub temps are had on the battery.I always check the battery with my technique may I say.While cranking check the lights ABS Brakes and DSC in the dash.Once I have a strong battery none of the lights comes while cranking,battery is OK with brake(red) and ABS(yellow) light coming on,and when I have all 3 of them coming I start to pay more attention since at that stage I hear the starter revs slower and one of those times I just plug the 2 amps overnight and I am back to brake (red) light alone,if I let it for another night I am back to no lights during start up,doesn't stay long like that as I drive short distances everyday,about 3 miles to work and back,so I get 4 cranks a day just for about 12 miles.
I did the draw test trice before and my draw was below 0.025 amps.
Charge it,drive it,don't leave any accessory on for days and I guess you'll be fine.
Keep posted.