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Woodie1 · 08-04-2019, 01:07 PM

I'm going nuts trying to solve a simple battery discharge problem. I thought the cutout was sticking closed so I replaced it & had the battery checked & was told it was not good. I put a new one in about a month ago. I think I started the car about a week after the new battery went in & it spun the started good & started right up. Today it was dead. I disconnected the cable from the starter & am charging the battery now. Should I disconnect the wires at one side of the terminal box & wait to see if the battery discharges again or the cutout? I have a fuse on the starter but I don't think I will get far into the system if I remove the fuse.

08-04-2019, 01:07 PM	#1
Woodie1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: W. Mich. Posts: 471	Battery Discharge I'm going nuts trying to solve a simple battery discharge problem. I thought the cutout was sticking closed so I replaced it & had the battery checked & was told it was not good. I put a new one in about a month ago. I think I started the car about a week after the new battery went in & it spun the started good & started right up. Today it was dead. I disconnected the cable from the starter & am charging the battery now. Should I disconnect the wires at one side of the terminal box & wait to see if the battery discharges again or the cutout? I have a fuse on the starter but I don't think I will get far into the system if I remove the fuse.