Quoting Peggy Sue Jones <jambawoman@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Dad has a charger and I've done that with success, but the charge > wouldn't hold for very many hours. He checked out the alternator and > said it > was fine. I mentioned the regulator possiblity to him, but thus far he Peggy. You can take the battery and have it tested (most autopart stores will do that for free). If the battery is good, there is a short somewhere draining the battery. This may not be an easy fix. D^2