Gregg Eshelman
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The 3+ year old battery kept slowly going dead in my 2007 XLT EL. I was going to Home Depot and the battery was dead so I charged it the night before. Went off to HD and while there it went down enough I had to call AAA to come and jump start it.
Partway home it just died completely and I had AAA haul it home. I put the charger on and the meter went all the way over. "Ah, must be the battery has shorted." So I bought a new battery. Started right up. Next day it's dead again. I disconnected the negative cable and connected my charger to + and the disconnected - cable. The meter went *almost* all the way over.
Is there a common electric fault on this generation Expedition I should look for?
Somewhere there's a pretty large draw all the time and I've no idea where. So much more... stuff... with electrical in the 21st Century than in ye olden days.
Partway home it just died completely and I had AAA haul it home. I put the charger on and the meter went all the way over. "Ah, must be the battery has shorted." So I bought a new battery. Started right up. Next day it's dead again. I disconnected the negative cable and connected my charger to + and the disconnected - cable. The meter went *almost* all the way over.
Is there a common electric fault on this generation Expedition I should look for?
Somewhere there's a pretty large draw all the time and I've no idea where. So much more... stuff... with electrical in the 21st Century than in ye olden days.
