Weekend car- battery keeps dying

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I'm after a little help to prevent my car battery from dying, only really gets used on weekends, however after being left for 6 days my 2 month old battery is dead again. I've seen the trickle chargers and was after a bit of advice as to how other people avoid their battery draining so quickly.

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So maybe it is the battery then, surely shouldn't be going flat so fast.

How do you install an isolator switch?

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Thanks for all your help and replies, battery is under warranty with euro car parts so can exchange for a new one at the weekend. I think I'll take a look at a few of the products you guys have recommended and see what looks good. Want a nice simple easy solution.

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Will all that combined make a huge difference?

Also locking the door with the key rather than the fob that activates alarm and immobiliser should help as well?

Car is locked securely in a garage so not having alarm etc would be ok.

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Funny that....l it is a lion battery. Upgrade time.

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I'm exchanging the lion battery tommorow and paying the extra to upgrade to a bosch, chap on the phone wasn't to kind about the lion batteries either.

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996TT02 said:

Patch888 said:

I'm exchanging the lion battery tommorow and paying the extra to upgrade to a bosch, chap on the phone wasn't to kind about the lion batteries either.

You don't know whether the battery is the problem and you are replacing it.

If you have a drain (many modern Porsches and many "weekend" type cars do) you can have the best battery in the world and it will still go flat.

No mention of what car either?

The car is a fiesta ST, mountune MR200.

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Cheers for advice and input, along with the new battery I shall order a CTEK 5.0. At £60 seems like a good buy.