They do, but when the car is running all that should be powered by the
alternator and not the battery. Besides, all of that wouldn't come close to
the draw of DRL or headlights for that matter.
Charlie
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Exactly. Today's vehicles are more rolling consumer electronics hubs than
> anything. A lot more constant demands on the battery.
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Thirty years ago the radio and the instruments were probably the only
> > things drawing power when the car was running during the day. Then add
> > lighting at night. And setting in the garage doing nothing... the
> battery
> > was also likely doing nothing.
> >
> > Going back to 1999 my Chrysler LHS (which I still own and drive every
> day)
> > is electronically always on. When we would go to Florida for the winter
> it
> > was left behind until we returned some 3 months later. The owner's
> manual
> > stipulates that you must remove a particular 10 amp fuse if you're not
> > going to drive the car for some 4-6 weeks (I can't remember the exact
> > number). If you don't follow that advice you will have a dead battery
> > later on.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/29/2015 9:58 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> >
> >> I'd say that was quite good. Something in the car battery equation has
> >> changed though. Thirty years ago I routinely got 7-8 years out of a car
> >> battery. These days I'm lucky to get 3-4.
> >>
> >> Charlie
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Bummer, I had to replace the bimmer battery, as it bought the farm.
> Dead
> >>> as
> >>> a doorknob. Not bad for the original battery though. 2004
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