1998 Chevy Suburban new battery dead in 4 hours

1998 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN
130,000 MILES • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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JERRYPALMER63
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battery suddenly died, replaced with new battery and it started fine, 4 hours later i went to start the truck again and the battery was dead
Dec 27, 2008 at 8:13 AM
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RASMATAZ
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You have a short circuit within the electrical system that's draining the battery overnite. Do below drain test


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Dec 27, 2008 at 8:41 AM
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