Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
I think the radio may have been turned on without my realizing. It doesn't require ignition... On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 6:19 AM, John Reames wrote: > Is the dome light staying on? (Aren't the timers known to go bad?) > > -- > John W Reames > jream...@verizon.net > Home: +14106646986 > Mobile: +

Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-29 Thread John Reames
Is the dome light staying on? (Aren't the timers known to go bad?) -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Mar 28, 2014, at 23:06, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > I may have a drain - will check into it. > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:53 PM, Craig wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-28 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
I may have a drain - will check into it. On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:53 PM, Craig wrote: > On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:41:12 -0700 Andrew Strasfogel > wrote: > > > Hour of idling??? > > Of course not. Hook up a battery charger and let it charge overnight. > > > Craig > > _

Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-28 Thread Craig
On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:41:12 -0700 Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > Hour of idling??? Of course not. Hook up a battery charger and let it charge overnight. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-28 Thread ernest breakfield
llon Charleston, SC Original Message From: Andrew Strasfogel Sent: March 28, 2014 3:54:50 PM EDT To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Total battery drain My garage queen (repainted 1985 300TD) had a totally drained battery after sitting for no more than 2 weeks. I mean,

Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-28 Thread Curt Raymond
fast charge. So really your hour of idling might have put 10% into the battery. -Curt Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:41:12 -0700 From: Andrew Strasfogel To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain Message-ID:     Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hour of idling???

Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-28 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
8, 2014 3:54:50 PM EDT > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: [MBZ] Total battery drain > > My garage queen (repainted 1985 300TD) had a totally drained battery after > sitting for no more than 2 weeks. I mean, there was zero charge left. I > was able to get it jump started, and the

Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-28 Thread Max Dillon
25 minutes is not long enough. Hours are required when totally dead. -- Max Dillon Charleston, SC Original Message From: Andrew Strasfogel Sent: March 28, 2014 3:54:50 PM EDT To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Total battery drain My garage queen (repainted 1985

Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-28 Thread Rich Thomas
Check the glow plug relay and make sure it is not stuck. That is what happened to the SD. --R On 3/28/14 3:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: My garage queen (repainted 1985 300TD) had a totally drained battery after sitting for no more than 2 weeks. I mean, there was zero charge left. I was

Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-28 Thread Randy Bennell
Might be the end of it - especially if it has been cold there and the battery has frozen. I keep a small trickle charger on the battery in my 300D all winter to avoid such issues. Randy On 28/03/2014 3:26 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: Battery is new-ish and did manage to take acharge, but bo

Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-28 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Battery is new-ish and did manage to take acharge, but boy was it ever DEAD. On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 3:59 PM, wrote: > How old is your battery? Sounds like it's on its last legs. You should do > a load test. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 28, 2014, at 3:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel > wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-28 Thread dseretakis
How old is your battery? Sounds like it's on its last legs. You should do a load test. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 28, 2014, at 3:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > My garage queen (repainted 1985 300TD) had a totally drained battery after > sitting for no more than 2 weeks. I mean, there w

[MBZ] Total battery drain

2014-03-28 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
My garage queen (repainted 1985 300TD) had a totally drained battery after sitting for no more than 2 weeks. I mean, there was zero charge left. I was able to get it jump started, and the battery began charging. I let it idle and then drove it so that the engine ran for a cumulative total of aro