Nick C Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 Right...where do I start? lolBasically I had a new alarm fitted as soon as a got the car, this Cat1 Cobra Alarm I thought had drained the battery and was not fitted correctly as my battery was flat a mere week later.They kindly came around and found out for me that the alarm was fine and was not drawing to much current, but my car at rest was drawing 8.0A of current instead of the expect 0.01/4A...this is a dodgy problem as we could hear some relays ticking ontop of the fuse box, when playing around with these fuses the problem would subside for a bit, then it would come back!The problem would also completely disapear when the Interior Light Relay Fuse from the fusebox was removed.... Therefore we came to the assumption that the interior light relay itself was fudged, I replaced both the Square Blue and Green relays on the top of the fusebox, cost me £25!! Grrr. Anyways I tested the A being drawn from the car battery at idle again after this and it was still 8A, therefore my battery was being drained really really fast at idle...not good.The problem is still rectified when the Interior Light Relay Fuse is taken out, but I cannot for the life of me work out what is causing this.The car has had a new fusebox before, a couple of years ago...however when I got the car the inside had evidence of a lot of condensation because the speaker housings and seat mountings were rusted, although everything electrical works and I have replaced all rusty bits (car is otherwise fine no rust inside, under carpets etc) Its really annoying as I have gone through two new batterys, and I cannot afford to have the car unalarmed atm for other reasons...moreover the addition of a new set of alloys etc. I cannot sleep at night without knowing my baby is safe! So does anyone have an idea of whats wrong? I have had an electrician have a look at is with a diagnostics computer and say it was fine...? All else I have to go on iis conincidence, when I bought the car a few fuses that connect to the battery where unplugged, and the interior reading lights (two lights at either side of 20second elapsed time light) where unplugged/dodgy connections. Help! I don't know what to do....its very frustrating atm having to take my battery out every five mins to recharge it, I cannot replace it until the problem is sorted, and my car has a well rusty battery tray which means taking out the battery causes a lot of grief. Thanks everyone
B19 JUB Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 have u got a dvd player installed and if so is it on a permanent feed.mine did and funked battery in 2 days,.was drawing 2.5a so put on ignition feed and sorted hehehhe
Nick C Posted November 22, 2004 Author Posted November 22, 2004 Nothing is connected, I have an old Sony Headunit (around 1993 really retro) but the fascia is not on. Like I say it sorts itself when the Interior Light Relay Fuse is removed...
Nick C Posted November 22, 2004 Author Posted November 22, 2004 Whys this been moved to a section not about electrics? lol I am confused! Sorry if it was in the wrong place. Anyways can anyone help?
Al Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 Get your car to an Auto electrician, they will trace and sort this kind of fault quickly.............it will be well worth the money.You've already wasted £25 don't waste anymore.Al.
Nick C Posted November 22, 2004 Author Posted November 22, 2004 Already done that mate, ran diagnostics and everything (had my engine checked to) he said the engine was perfectly fine and so were the electrics....:S
Robbiejuk Posted December 3, 2004 Posted December 3, 2004 I had this on my old mk5 esccort td, had a new alternator fitted because the other one was fooked and wasn't doing anything and then my battery started draining itself. The garage found that the alternator was faulty and was pulling power when the ignition was switched off. New alternator sorted it out. But in cars it could be any amount of things draining the battery.
Scotteh Posted December 3, 2004 Posted December 3, 2004 my battery seems to be losing its charge on cold mornings, woke up this morning and it wudnt start but this is the first really frosty morning round here, had to hook up a jump pack for 10secs for it to start, but it has been weird starting every day this week cuz its been cold u lot reckon battery has had it? theres nowt hooked up to it, just the battery on its own
Nick C Posted December 23, 2004 Author Posted December 23, 2004 I finally got my problem sorted, the old stereo had been hardwired into a permanent live, and the two iso connectors had been shorted together...with two fuseboxes and a giant coil inbetween it all!! Was a big shock when I took out my stereo! I chopped it all out, wired in new connectors - bought a new headunit and now shes fine
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