robexor Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Mate disconnect the small one and put the large one back on , if still draining, take both off it still draining then you got a bugger battery That lil one goes to the fusebox i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNITERIDER Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 i THINK it distributes the power at a set voltage basically what it says, it regulates lol my experiance was my dads harley. had a spyball alarm which was basically chewing the regulators insides up and spitting them out had to be changed 3 times before he removed the alrm and its been fine ever since, is yours alarmed or got anything that requires a big voltage?a big sound system or something thats draining to much power either when running or turned off as it may be frying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigc86si Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 i THINK it distributes the power at a set voltage basically what it says, it regulates lol my experiance was my dads harley. had a spyball alarm which was basically chewing the regulators insides up and spitting them out had to be changed 3 times before he removed the alrm and its been fine ever since, is yours alarmed or got anything that requires a big voltage?a big sound system or something thats draining to much power either when running or turned off as it may be frying it.ive got a toad full closure system and also jus a 10" sub in the boot, its jus weird hows its started all of a sudden but the rate at which my battery drains is phenomenal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNITERIDER Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 have you added anything to your car recently?sounds like you have some big permanent connection somewhere maybe a split wire touching the frame or something? your not getting any electric shocks from the car are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigc86si Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 (edited) Mate disconnect the small one and put the large one back on , if still draining, take both off it still draining then you got a bugger battery That lil one goes to the fusebox i think. ok but the large box fits onto the other red one so there wont b anywher to connect it to the battery, it shouldn b a naff battery cuz i only bought it saturday right jus pulled all wires off from the pos terminal an volts shoot back up to 5.80v so something on ther is takin some serious power.lol have you added anything to your car recently?sounds like you have some big permanent connection somewhere maybe a split wire touching the frame or something? your not getting any electric shocks from the car are you? not very recently, i added black halos a few months back but didn hav any probs with them, an no electric shocks Edited December 22, 2008 by craigc86si Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNITERIDER Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 put them back on and test each wire and see what its sucking out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robexor Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Can be a naff battery mate, have seen it but dont sound like it not sure if this helps u see whats what. u basically need to take everything of and put back on the battery one at a time and see what cable is draining then u can work out what system is connected to said affecting wire http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/robexor/Escort/DSC00250.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigc86si Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Can be a naff battery mate, have seen it but dont sound like it not sure if this helps u see whats what. u basically need to take everything of and put back on the battery one at a time and see what cable is draining then u can work out what system is connected to said affecting wire http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa17/robexor/Escort/DSC00250.jpg it seems like the red wire running down into the engine bay is drawing off most of the power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robexor Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 hmm have u got any footwell lights and any new bulbs, also, check that the internal boot light goes off ie pull down your rear passenger seat see if light is on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squav Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 hmm have u got any footwell lights and any new bulbs, also, check that the internal boot light goes off ie pull down your rear passenger seat see if light is on.. Brilliant advice, mine did that in my old escort. Light was on all the time in my boot, so my battery died very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNITERIDER Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 surely not that quickly tho? i left my sidelights (may have been headlights) on for 8 hours came out and she started straight up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigc86si Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 no footwell lights and no bulb in the boot so dont see that bein a problem, as sed in the beginnin the only thing i noticed was the heated front windscreen switch stayed on wen i switched the car off, but ive disconnected that from behind the switch and thats the only thing i can think would be up with it, its so frustratin not knowin wot im doin,lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robexor Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 ok but the heated windscreen has a large relay[ i think] on the fuse relay box thing that connect direct to their battery, you are saying that the power feed is to do with the small cable, it cant be the windscreen surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigc86si Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 wel the small cable is drawiing power but cant really tel if the cables wiv the little fusebox on is drawin power cuz cant connect it without connectin the smaller red cable if u know wot i mean.which relay is it on the fusebox for the windscreen? i jus need to try all possibilties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robexor Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 im not sure fella, it should tell you in the escort manual you got with the car there will be one page listing the fuses in the fuse box in the car then another page for the ones in the engine bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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