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Question posted by Jeremy6328 on August 25th, 2014

Takes Two Days Voltage Fine After One Day. Almost Like Something Is Cycling

batteries are good after one day sitting and everything test out good. Two days they are completely dead. Seems like something is cycling or something to drain both brand new batteries that fast

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Answer #1: Posted by BusterDoogen on August 25th, 2014 5:25 PM
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To drain 2 batteries in 24 hours is very rare. There isn't any one feature driven circuit that should kill the battery. You need an electrical short specialist to trace the problem.

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