[birddog]

Can a bad voltage regulator (stuck contacts) kill an otherwise good battery? The battery (MT-62) in my ERA has been fine until Sunday. Completely Dead. I confirmed nothing was left on. While charging the battery I decided to remove it and when I unplugged the charger I heard a clicking under the hood. After repeatably plugging/unplugging the charger I determine the source of the clicking was the voltage regulator which was a little warm to the touch. Pretty suspicious since I never had the car running. I plan to replace both the battery (unknown age) and the voltage regulator but wonder if I should be checking something else.