Will leaving the hood open kill the battery?

Cryptic1911 said:

Stupid question.. I know when you open the hood that it shows on the cluster, but does that time out eventually? or does it stay on forever? I had the car in the garage for about 3 weeks with the hood up, and my battery was stone dead when I got in it today. The battery is basically brand new.. only a few months old. Would leaving the hood up kill the battery over time?

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Cryptic1911 said:

hm.. shit, then I must have a draw somewhere

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Cryptic1911 said:

only thing electronic that is wired in is a coolingmist cmgs methanol controller, which does wire straight to the battery, but it has a separate 12v switched lead that activates an internal relay, so I wouldn't expect that to be it. It goes on and off with the key

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Cryptic1911 said:

only thing electronic that is wired in is a coolingmist cmgs methanol controller, which does wire straight to the battery, but it has a separate 12v switched lead that activates an internal relay, so I wouldn't expect that to be it. It goes on and off with the key

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bmllr8 said:

I leave my hood propped open frequently in the summer to help everything cool down faster. Never had an issue.

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