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09-28-2013, 04:49 PM

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Scrappy Jack

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Put an ammeter in line between your positive terminal and battery cable, then pull fuses one at a time while sombody watches the ammeter for the current to drop off. This will at least give you a place to start looking for your short.

10-4; will do. I also think part of the culprit is that my Battery Tender Jr. is dead. It's not illuminating the LED at all. I put the battery on my backup Harbor Freight charger and the battery is starting to pick up voltage.

sixshooter - If you think about it, can you give me more info on the battery the next time you have the trunk open? I tried a search for "U3 series battery" and I am only getting electronics (e.g. laptop) results.

09-28-2013, 06:10 PM

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U1-3 or U1 series, my mistake. I think they make a -1 a -2 and a -3 with different CCA's

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09-29-2013, 02:30 AM

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I also think part of the culprit is that my Battery Tender Jr. is dead. It's not illuminating the LED at all. I put the battery on my backup Harbor Freight charger and the battery is starting to pick up voltage.

My tender won't take a dead battery from below a certain voltage. If I get one that flat, I need to give it a kick with my big-boy trickle charger for a few minutes before the tender will grab on and take it back to glory.