How long to kill a battery leaving headlights on?

#1

Left the lights on my '06 Malibu this afternoon for about 3 hours. Killed
the battery, I mean flat. That seems a little wimpy to me. The car has 2700
miles, driven regularly. I'm going to have the charging system checked, but
just wondered what y'all thought.

#2

Biff Malibu wrote:

Quote:

Left the lights on my '06 Malibu this afternoon for about 3 hours. Killed
the battery, I mean flat. That seems a little wimpy to me. The car has 2700
miles, driven regularly. I'm going to have the charging system checked, but
just wondered what y'all thought.
it doesn't matter what kind of battery you leaving lights on will kill a

battery in about an hour. i had the same before in my silverdo

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#3

Car batteries are designed for starting, not long term power.
That's why they make deep cycle marine batteries for trolling motors, boats,
etc. .

"Biff Malibu" <biff (AT) malibu (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Left the lights on my '06 Malibu this afternoon for about 3 hours. Killed
the battery, I mean flat. That seems a little wimpy to me. The car has
2700
miles, driven regularly. I'm going to have the charging system checked,
but
just wondered what y'all thought.

#4

Biff Malibu wrote:

Quote:

Left the lights on my '06 Malibu this afternoon for about 3 hours. Killed
the battery, I mean flat. That seems a little wimpy to me. The car has 2700
miles, driven regularly. I'm going to have the charging system checked, but
just wondered what y'all thought.
I thought lights on GM vehicles would go out on their own after a couple

of minutes.

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