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Reply #15 – November 03, 2005, 05:51:42 PM

so thunderchicken what would you sugest i do cuz the battery dies bout every 2 or 3 days if i leave it. also i belive my old alt is slowly ping out. now i have a 100 amp alt. i whant to use it would it be suficient to run that with the aftermarket sterio i have. its a 800w amp running 2 12' subs.

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Reply #16 – November 03, 2005, 06:57:26 PM

hmm dont know if you been good enough

Ok I'll give you a hint, MYTHOS is the car's name (yes I name my cars ). Look it up it may give you a hint....

I'm being mysterious like Baxo

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Reply #17 – November 03, 2005, 07:35:39 PM

http://www.mythosbrewery.gr/index.asp?c=4

Cooler for your beer? :)

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Reply #18 – November 03, 2005, 07:39:30 PM

Sorry SSX I dont drink beer, hard liquer(sp?) for me

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Reply #19 – November 03, 2005, 08:21:06 PM

Quote from: Cougar8775

so thunderchicken what would you sugest i do cuz the battery dies bout every 2 or 3 days if i leave it. also i belive my old alt is slowly ping out. now i have a 100 amp alt. i whant to use it would it be suficient to run that with the aftermarket sterio i have. its a 800w amp running 2 12' subs.

A slowly draining battery can be caused by a number of things:

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Bad battery. Have the battery checked - it may not be holding a charge well anymore
Dirty battery. If there's a lot of crud on top of your battery it can actually create a circuit between the two posts and drain the battery over time.
Bad alternator. If the diodes in the alt have shorted, it could allow power to backfeed into the alt when the alt isn't spinning. In effect, the alternator is trying to act like a motor, but the belt is preventing it from turning. This will usually kill a battery fairly quickly though (hours, not days).
Glove box, console, hood or trunk light staying on. Make sure all lights go out and stay out when they're supposed to.
A component in the car staying powered up when it's not supposed to. This could be anything and could be hard to trace, but a good place to start would be your stereo system and any other aftermarket electronics. Make sure the head unit's amp remote wire is indeed controlling the amp - an amplifier on standby will draw enough power to kill the battery over days. Be sure you don't leave any cell phone chargers, inverters, CD players, or anything else plugged into the cig lighter.
Bad ignition switch. The switch, when it wears, can acspoogeulate a copper powder/grease paste between the contacts in the switch. This paste can bridge circuits and allow current to flow when it shouldn't. Usually, when this happens, you'll notice strange things like the radio staying on when you turn the key off.

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Reply #20 – November 03, 2005, 08:34:49 PM

im leaning twards the battery. cuz its like 6 or 7 yrs old. so im gonna change it out when i get some cash. also find that mark vii bracket to add my 100 amp alt.