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first make sure your battery is good a internal short in a battery cell will drain battery, disconnect battery and test it in morning if good make sure battery is clean if there is a grime film especially top terminals it will drain the battery by using the grime as a short to the pos and negative terminals, next make sure you alternator is charging when car is running is good charge if it still drains. you have a circuit or light staying on when ignition is off check trunk lap glove box lamp and hood lampstuck on we test current draws by disconnecting negative battery cable and hooking a volt meter to the battery cable and other end to battery if there is a draw it will red 12 volts make sure you close the doors as interior lights will cause draw. then we pull 1 fuse at a time to find which is the problem curcuit then go from thereci
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