# Help with parasitic battery drain. 05 Ford Freestar

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-with-parasitic-battery-drain-05-ford-freestar/92296>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 19, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-with-parasitic-battery-drain-05-ford-freestar/92296 "2016-01-19T08:41:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-with-parasitic-battery-drain-05-ford-freestar/92296/41 "2016-01-25T01:23:57Z")

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Thanks @“common sense answer” , I got that lesson too.

Yosemite

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-with-parasitic-battery-drain-05-ford-freestar/92296/42 "2016-01-26T06:01:30Z")

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@Bing writes in regards to checking the battery cell voltages individually …

> So which post, + or - does the meter lead go on?

I usually just measure the voltage from one hole to the next. So the meter lead isn’t on either of the posts, except for the end cells.

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