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Old Dec 9, 2013 | 11:09 AM
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hello all, i have a 51 plate ford ka. The battery was dead when starting one morning so purchased a new one from halfords on tuesday. come saturday the battery was dead. have charged it a few times and some days it will last 2 or 3 days others it will only last 6 or 7 hours. I drive 120 miles daily (60 each way) and the alternator charges the battery to full as i had the AA come out to jump it. The guy said it was pulling nearly 1.4amps off somewhere. A guy at work put his tester on a few days later and the same drainage occurs but it appears to be intermittent as it wouldn't show the drain until about 5mins after everything was off when i tried yesterday. I dont lose any lights whilst driving or any flickering like previous posts on here i've read. Not to complicate matters even more, but when driving to work this morning i turned the headlights off and the sound stopped coming out from speakers but radio headunit still on, turned headlights back on and sound started, did again a few more times??. It now won't do it when i try lol. No upgraded speakers/amp/sub just standard is this an earthing issue? and is it enough to draw nearly 1.5 amps?? any help on what to test/carry out next would be greatly appreciated as it is driving me mad jump starting every morning!! thanks in advance
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