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Old 09-02-2007, 01:20 AM
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Are you watching DVDs without the truck running?

If so then yes, it is enough to drain the battery quickly. If its like normal systems you have to cut the key to ACC. Which powers up all the trucks ACC powered equipment. Then you have the TV going along with the stereo and Bose amps. I’d say an hour is about right to drain to the point of not being able to start.
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Old 09-02-2007, 01:24 AM
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Scooter, my 03 also has this problem. I have replaced the battery last year , but it still does it. It only needs the radio on for 30 minutes and my wife is calling for a jump start. I think i will buy a better battery ? doug
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yeah i agree that it would drain the battery watching movies for an hour. i have amps and other electronics and i cant leave my audio video stuff on with out the truck running.. for even ten minutes or the battery would be dead, so i think that is pretty normal to be dead after an hour.
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Old 09-02-2007, 04:21 AM
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Thanks for the replies guys!

Yes, she was watching movies while the truck was not running, but the key was not in either. The DVD player runs off the acc plug in the rear - so the only thing powered up was the DVD player.

I just sold my 25' boat which had two marine deep cycle batteries and I was able to watch movies and run the fridge all night... I hate to think that just watching movies for an hour will kill my truck battery!

My wife and I sometimes go downtown and one of us stays in the truck with our two girls while the other runs into a store (saves us from dragging the kids around the mall) - so now I'm a bit worried to leave them in the truck watching movies because I'll come out to a dead battery.

I think I'm going to put an ammeter on the DVD player tomorrow to see what its drawing - I'll post my results tomorrow.

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Old 09-02-2007, 02:19 PM
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My H3 has some sort of power drain going on. If I leave any thing pluged in for more then an hour or two it kills the bat. Or just when I go out and start it up in the morning it may not start some times. There is only supose to be a 70 mili-amp draw when the truck is turned off, mine is drawing 350 mili amps. I am taking it in on tuesday.
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My H3 has some sort of power drain going on. If I leave any thing pluged in for more then an hour or two it kills the bat. Or just when I go out and start it up in the morning it may not start some times. There is only supose to be a 70 mili-amp draw when the truck is turned off, mine is drawing 350 mili amps. I am taking it in on tuesday.

yea 350ma is way to much
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Old 09-02-2007, 03:40 PM
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Update:

I went out this morning and the truck BARELY started... so there is definitely something fishy going on.

I think rather than measuring the DVD player I'll pull a battery terminal off and measure the engine off current drain like Mr.Pat.

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