So, far i just charged up the batter to full (12.25V) and its not connected up. I let it sit for a few days and the voltage dropped to about 11.25V without anything connected the battery over 3 days.

Just measured the current draw from the battery with the engine & RAP off. Current draw was 0.19 amps on the 10Amp setting. I assume this is low enough not to kill a battery in 3 days right?

With the engine off and doors opened it registered at 2.xx amps. Just some extra numbers I thought I'd throw out there.

As for the battery its a Optima Red top that I purchased in Aug 2000 but the tag on the battery says free replacement for 36 months. I hope they replace this battery for free. Does anyone know how they check if a battery (cell) is bad? I just dont want them to give me crap about "Oh the battery is good its your charging system!" I know it cant be the charging system cause I charged the battery to full and didnt drive the car for 3 days and in the past I couldnt start her up. Any comments? Thanks!


BTW- How much current draw is normal with the engine off?