1984 Chevy Caprice Battery won't hold charge

1984 CHEVROLET CAPRICE
500 MILES • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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FLYINGACE1
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Put a new 350 in my car. Everything is new. Started car a few times during the day with no problems. Two new batteries and a new starter and I still can't get the batt to hold a charge. Something is drawing from it but nothing is on. Tester says alternator is charging. Why won't my battery charge and stay that way?
Feb 1, 2010 at 12:49 PM
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RASMATAZ
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If you're positively sure the alty is producing the correct output voltages could be a short draining the battery


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Feb 1, 2010 at 1:00 PM
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