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This car has had 2 new batteries and after sitting over night then getting in to the car the battery is dead. I put the battery on the charger and I then charge it full. Put it back in the car and the car will start. What is causing the battery to go dead over night. I know it is not the battery because at first we thought we had gotten a bad battery and then got another and it did the same thing. So I am thinking something elctrical is draining it overnight.

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There no way to tell exactly without diagnosing. Are you ready to throw yet another guessed part.

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