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Old November 18th, 2007, 11:07 AM
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Car wasn't used a whole day Saturday from Friday 6pm, went for a few small drives last night not more than 10 minutes each , this morning it was DEAD !, I have emergency lights and sirens installed and the amp draw after shutdown is from 0.136-0.101, is this enough to kill the battery , after how many hours ? The lights have been installed for 3 months and have never given me any problems Should I go with Optima battery ? The red or the yellowone ?

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Old November 18th, 2007, 5:52 PM
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I'd have the battery and charging system checked first. Advance Auto and others will do it free.
Old November 18th, 2007, 11:44 PM
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Yellow top is best for your kind of set up. You may also want to put a on/off power disconnect switch to your emergency equipment (that way you can kill any power consumption to your emergeny equip at the flick of a switch). LED lights draw the least amount of current if you did not know that already. I would like to see of pic of you setup. Good Luck - Engine 2
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My Buddy tetsed it , under load it's 10.0 , but the car is only 5 months old ,can the battery be bad ? I'm sure the delaer is going to blame it on all my "accessories" I think i'll just get an Optima , does anyone know which is the biggest Optima that will fit in the susburban ?Engine 2 i'll send you a link by PM
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There is a battery drain down recall on 07 Subs. Not sure if it is on all, but I know it was on 2500's. Check with your dealer... It's a computer flash I believe.
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My Suburban was built in June 2007, I thought that was after the batteryupdate issue ??
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Just had my 2007 Tahoein the shop this morning to have the tires balanced, and they updated the computer due to the battery drain issue it was causing.
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Learned from experience........the battery will drain dead with the key left in the ignition, even if turned all the wayto OFF / LOCK.
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Just got my tahoe back needed new battery even after ecu battery draining upgrade for some reason in some 07 tahoes batterys go dead over night in the cold.
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Didn't they tell you that you have to keep it in a nice warm garage?

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