Battery Tenders
Keep in mind I'm a noob to the diesel world,,,,, So twice now the batteries have run down on my Duramax from lack of use. I'm starting to look for an inexpensive tender that I can mount to the vehi...
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Yeah the batteries could simply be old and feeble.
My 2004.5 Duramax has a parasitic draw of 21 mA. Which I think is not much?? I was chasing a battery problem recently. Starting was weak on a good day, and got worse as the truck sat. It turned out to be a corroded + terminal on one battery. Prior to that I had never seen corrosion in a GM style terminal. I cleaned it up and everything has been great since.
My 2004.5 Duramax has a parasitic draw of 21 mA. Which I think is not much?? I was chasing a battery problem recently. Starting was weak on a good day, and got worse as the truck sat. It turned out to be a corroded + terminal on one battery. Prior to that I had never seen corrosion in a GM style terminal. I cleaned it up and everything has been great since.
