well if the 2.4 amps really stayed there indefinately on those
rare occasions, there's no doubt in my mind that it would drain
the battery in short order. for those who don't drive their car
for weeks at a time, the problem would be more significant.
nice job on the voltage/current measurements btw
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ORIGINAL: freefallpat
Hi everyone,
I little while back, I posted a thread about my car’s electrical system cutting off intermittently. I took it back to the dealer and they said the alternator was faulty but since my car was red flagged because of all the mods, it was my dollar. No big deal, I guess you have to pay to play.
Anyway, I took the car home after a good one hour drive and parked it for 2,3 weeks. I went to start it back up and the battery was completely drained. I already read a few posts in here about this problem but never really found out for sure what was causing it. I charged to battery back up last night and put it back in the car this morning.
Here is what I’m seeing.
Over 14 Vdc at the battery when the car is running.
With the Amps meter connected to the battery, I was reading 0.12amps with everything turned off.
I read somewhere in here that the Shaker could keep a load on the battery if you turn the car off when the radio is turned on. I decided to play with that a little with the amp meter plugged in and it finally did it. Out of 20 times I turn the ignition on and off with the radio turned on and then off, I saw it 3 times.
- The CD changer would go nuts for 2 minutes with the car turned off and would eventually die. The load on the battery would remain around 2.4 amps and stay there.
Is any body else seeing this?
Patrick
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