Electrical Trouble, you buy airplane then it all goes bad the day you get it home! :)

[Glen Ward]

Hello, I was wondering what would cause one to have a very weak charge?  My battery has gone dead twice and I haven't even flown!  It is an almost new battery, but it just seems to be charging little, if at all.  Turning on the nav lights will discharge it.  I drove it around for about 30 minutes with navs and strobes going, and it is dead.  Can you jump start these things from a car?  It went dead while they were ferrying it here with the lights turned on, and they had to get it jumped then too.  It is a little expensive.  67H is actually in good shape, I just am getting to think the previous owner put things off as much as he could, then sold it!  Thanks, Glen Ward