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Why does car electrical charge deminish when sitting on bare ground?
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∙ 13y ago
The short answer is, 'It shouldn't'.
The battery should hold it's charge when not being used. It has no relation to what kind of ground it is sitting on.
If the charge deminishes, then something is using it. Car alarms, clocks, interior lights, are all culprits for using power when the system is presumably switched off.
An old, tired battery will also loose it's charge when not being used.
Static charge is another matter. The sort that gives you a shock as you slide out of the car.
Although the tyres are good insulators, there will always be a slow leakage of accummulated charge across the rubber.
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∙ 8y ago
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