Battery problems

[SuperGeek]

Originally Posted by nycsmart

Thanks for your input. It was the dome light I had on. And the Srius is hard wired. Which appearently is a no no.

I'm sure there are fuses that are only active when the key is on, maybe rewiring the Sirius to the fuse block will help - there are a couple of free 'accessory' slots but I don't know if they're switched. In the short term, not sure what to do.

And if you get into the situation again, instead of spending 250 bucks for a repeat, you may be able to find a deep cycle battery like an Optima red top - I think the yellow top is a true deep cycle battery, but either one is reputedly far superior to the OEM battery.

[nycsmart]

Originally Posted by jwight

Did a Google on the Sirius radio and found this one:



So it may be possible; same with an interior light (not sure what the utility light is you refer to.) I know the glove box light or dome light in some cars can drain the battery pretty fast.

Yes perhaps the battery should need a boost becasue I left a dome light on over night. But should it totally kill a 6 month old battery?

[nycsmart]

Originally Posted by SuperGeek

And if you get into the situation again, instead of spending 250 bucks for a repeat, you may be able to find a deep cycle battery like an Optima red top - I think the yellow top is a true deep cycle battery, but either one is reputedly far superior to the OEM battery.

So you mean there are already batteries out there that can be used in the Smart that are superior to the OEM?