<story><title>I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days</title><url>https://davidmuller.github.io/posts/2023/04/10/how-i-fixed-a-parasitic-drain-in-408-days.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kccqzy</author><text>&amp;gt; it&amp;#x27;s normal for the battery to die if you don&amp;#x27;t drive it for 3 days&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve heard this nonsense a couple times now. I was incredulous at first but everyone seems to say this. What are anyone&amp;#x27;s suggestions for a weekend-only car? (I bike to work so I don&amp;#x27;t need a car on weekdays.) Trickle charge the car battery on weekdays?</text></item><item><author>overthrow</author><text>Well this is timely. I have a parasitic draw on my NC Miata. The first mechanic just replaced the battery. The second told me it&amp;#x27;s normal for the battery to die if you don&amp;#x27;t drive it for 3 days (because &amp;quot;cars have computers now&amp;quot;). It seems like mechanics really don&amp;#x27;t like digging into the electrical part of the car... but these days that encompasses more and more of what can go wrong.&lt;p&gt;Without time to dig into it myself I&amp;#x27;ve just been parking it with a battery tender every time I come home.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>heleninboodler</author><text>Yeah, if a mechanic told me having the battery die in 3 days was normal, I&amp;#x27;d stop going to that mechanic.</text></comment>
<story><title>I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days</title><url>https://davidmuller.github.io/posts/2023/04/10/how-i-fixed-a-parasitic-drain-in-408-days.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kccqzy</author><text>&amp;gt; it&amp;#x27;s normal for the battery to die if you don&amp;#x27;t drive it for 3 days&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve heard this nonsense a couple times now. I was incredulous at first but everyone seems to say this. What are anyone&amp;#x27;s suggestions for a weekend-only car? (I bike to work so I don&amp;#x27;t need a car on weekdays.) Trickle charge the car battery on weekdays?</text></item><item><author>overthrow</author><text>Well this is timely. I have a parasitic draw on my NC Miata. The first mechanic just replaced the battery. The second told me it&amp;#x27;s normal for the battery to die if you don&amp;#x27;t drive it for 3 days (because &amp;quot;cars have computers now&amp;quot;). It seems like mechanics really don&amp;#x27;t like digging into the electrical part of the car... but these days that encompasses more and more of what can go wrong.&lt;p&gt;Without time to dig into it myself I&amp;#x27;ve just been parking it with a battery tender every time I come home.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kybernetyk</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s battery kill switches you can install onto the battery pole to effectively disconnect everything from the battery. This should work for older cars. For newer ones you may experience hiccups like reverse camera not working for a few hours until it has re-paired itself with the head unit.</text></comment>