LarryN

Thanks, I knew there was some easy way to do that but was not near my laptop at the time.

So now when the lights go off after the timeout I am seeing .1 amp, so this sounds close to, or at normal.

I suppose the Autolite batteries can't handle that kind of drain for extended period. I measured 2 volts with the bad battery in the car, 6 volts unloaded, which suggests that some of the cells were destroyed. Each of the 3 previous times this has happened Kragen tested the batteries and they were toast. The last time they said we will not honor the warranty again, there must be something wrong with your car. Ummm now I'm not sure.

Moral of the story for me is to Always plug in the battery minder...