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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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light on with battery disconted

when i discounted my batt to day my light stayed on for 5 min before i turned them off at the switch could this be my short and i used the spell check Dave s gave me
 
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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you have 2 batteries right?
 
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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both where unhooked maybe i have a thered battery i don't know about
 
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 09:29 PM
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do you have an aftermarket stereo in it? with a capacitor maybe?
 
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 09:33 PM
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i do have a stereo but it has a in line fuse added to it
 
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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i would just disconnect the batteries and put a test light to the cables maybe on will still be live and just keep testing down the line.or try testing at the fuse box.your holding a charge somewhere and i cant think of what could hold a charge in the system.thats weird.oh awesome job on the spell check thing maybe folks will stop messin with ya.except for the big hammer thing your stuck with that.lol!!
 
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 09:43 PM
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one day i will show u my hammer collection i think it is where my charge gos i will test when it warn out side
 
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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ya live in the bay area it dont get cold!!!im leavin to go ice fishin at 5:30 and there is 20 inches of ice on the lake.and i still dont even think its cold.i think cali has ya spoiled
 
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Old Jan 31, 2009 | 10:27 PM
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it dark here and people cant drive here i dont have drive way space anymore
 
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 07:21 AM
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Joe... Do you have any kind of amp hooked up to your stereo? I had one that would hold a charge for a while. Never understood how or why, but it did.
 
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 09:49 AM
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no just 2 geto wall wart speaker
 
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 10:48 PM
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ya find your charge yet?
 
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 10:54 PM
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ih it gets better i started riping in to my dash i thougt it was bad before i have a vid i will post god its bad
 
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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find a donor for complete wiring then start adding stuff the right way instead of hacking it will save you alot of money and headache in the long run.you can only bandaid somethin for so long.
 
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 11:03 PM
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I know this is really obvious but I just want to check and make sure, You did have the truck shut off when you did this right?
 
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