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 Mar 1, 2006 - 9:09 PM
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Hey everyone... How can I find out what is pulling power from my battery? I unhooked my subs because I thought it was them, but it's not... My car sits for a few days and then barely starts.... Sits for a week or two and it wont start... Confusing the hell out of me. Any ideas?
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Jan 20, 2007 - 12:52 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 3, '04 From Hollywood, MD Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
screw a test light, that wont tell you anything, you need to connect a multimeter in series and set it to amps, a car with no parasitic draw should read .01 amps or less, if yours is higher, pull fuses untill it drops, then look up the wiring diagram and see what peripherals could be messing up.
edit: i still havent really fixed my problem, but k-esd taught me well, a test light isnt the tool to use, its not that accurate, use a multimeter 
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dustin15brown Power Draining Mar 1, 2006 - 9:09 PM
dustinkemp buy a 12v test light, disconnect the negative batt... Mar 1, 2006 - 9:32 PM
presure2 QUOTE(dustinkemp @ Mar 1, 2006 - 9:3... Mar 3, 2006 - 7:20 AM
madmods QUOTE(dustinkemp @ Mar 2, 2006 - 2:3... Mar 4, 2006 - 3:50 AM tim86 hmm, by unhooking your subs do you mean the power ... Mar 1, 2006 - 10:23 PM dustin15brown nope... EVERYTHING from my system is disconnected Mar 1, 2006 - 11:03 PM soven Maybe your battery is not holding charge anymore? Mar 2, 2006 - 5:02 PM mikew04 Make sure if you added any relays (think stereo sy... Mar 2, 2006 - 7:29 PM dustin15brown thakns guys I will test things out this weekend... Mar 3, 2006 - 7:31 AM axelrduvirage QUOTE(dustin15brown @ Mar 1, 2006 - 10... Mar 3, 2006 - 7:52 AM frosty Same thing happened to my wife's 98 cavalier. ... Mar 3, 2006 - 11:47 AM Jaws4God any luck? I am having a power drain problem.. Jan 17, 2007 - 12:45 PM DSToyo same here, my car sits for a week and i can't ... Jan 17, 2007 - 12:57 PM Jaws4God now i'm getting frustrated... I get in the car... Jan 19, 2007 - 10:09 AM tim86 hm, this seems to be a common and bad problem i w... Jan 19, 2007 - 11:23 AM soven QUOTE(dustinkemp @ Mar 2, 2006 - 3:3... Jan 19, 2007 - 2:07 PM Batman722 guys, make sure your battery terminals are clean a... Jan 19, 2007 - 3:40 PM DeW_H0e_GT QUOTE(Batman722 @ Jan 19, 2007 - 3:4... Jan 21, 2007 - 4:09 AM mneal2_92788 i just fixed teh same problem, in my stereo, the r... Jan 20, 2007 - 12:22 AM |
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