MBP A1278 Battery Drain during sleep

So I've been having issues with my Mid 2010 MBP A1278. I always charge it to 100%, but quickly overnight it drains and in a couple days goes to zero without using it at all. Does anyone have any tips? Right now I'm using OS X 10.8.5, but upgading to Mavericks in the next day or two. Below is the notes I made about when I opened and closed the laptops with battery percentages. Is this normal?
8:12 PM 99% Wednesday
Then closed lid
7:04 AM 88% Thursday Morning - checked battery for 1 minute
Then closed lid
9:40 PM 50% Friday Night - checked battery for 1 minute
Then closed lid
7:46 AM 40% Saturday Morning - started working with WiFi connectivity
8:19 AM 29% Saturday Morning
then closed lid

Not much. Mine goes down maybe 1-2% overnight, if anything.

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Hi
Have you applied the Firmware update? If so, try resetting the PRAM.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
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When you put it to sleep, do you notice a steady white light? If so, then only your display is sleeping.
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I already had the hinges on my TiBook fall apart and the ATI card on my last MBP (2.16 17") go completely dead... now this - admittedly less serious but still very annoying issue.
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sir, disable wake up on lan in bios.
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George Krompacky wrote:
Csound1 wrote:
Sleep and hibernation are 2 different things, sleep requires power, hibernation does not, Apple and Oranges.
I'm not sure how that helps me figure out the problem. I suppose I'm still having problems expressing myself clearly.
You have expressed yourself very clearly. I got it from reading your original post.
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I saw a few posts on this issue but haven't seen anything in a while. My battery drains too quickly during sleep mode. Has apple addressed this yet. If not has anyone found a fix for it. It's really the only thing that has bugged me about this new laptop.
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No official fix for now.
You have to manage the sleep yourself! If it's a short sleep, just close the lid as usual and forget your 2% comsumption. If it's a long sleep (a hibernation), use something like deepsleep (http://deepsleep.free.fr/) and be patient during the wake up.
Yet a little effort and apple will be as worst as linux to manage power...

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8520 : Battery draining in sleep mode/turned off

Hi Guys,
Happy new year!
I am now confused with what happened to my Blackberry device. Here is the problem. I charge the blackberrry battery up to 50%, then I unplug the charger then I turn it off. When I sleep, the battery drains so fast, I don't know what's happening, then my battery completely low, so I can't turn on the device.
Here I attach you 2 screenshots, hopefully it will helps you to understand.
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