Battery goes dead, no obvious reason.

[kiwigtx]

Google

Parasitic battery drain​

It's not a hard test and that's how you fix the problem. You will feel like Einstein when you get done. On my tractor it ending up being the radio.

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I have fixed 3 vehicles of my own that had slow drains....or parasitic draw.

Two were bad starter motors - build up of carbon from the brushes causing tracking across the terminals to ground.

The other was my own shitty wiring from the start - created what turned into a ring circuit by mistake. That's all fixed up now.

 

[Kern Dog]

I agree with some of the prior posts, check the draw with a self ranging digital volt/amp meter. I just had to
replace an alternator on my Sequoia because of a bad diode. Older vehicles should not have any current draw
at all. Put the meter on and start pulling fuses, but first check the alternator! Good Luck.

I've read about using the multi-meter but I'm not understanding the process. Am I to Connect the meter to the battery then pull one fuse at a time? I thought I read before that one person is to watch the meter, another pulls fuses. I haven't tried this but I don't think the battery drains fast enough to show up on the meter display within minutes. I interpreted this process to mean that the numbers on the meter would be steadily dropping until a fuse is pulled. Is that right?

 

[DeltaV]

Yes, and that what Dennis is showing.

@chescharger was probably responding to @Kern Dog first post

I’ve resorted to pulling the positive cable from the battery after parking it.

 

[Don Frelier]

Guess I'm not "positive" because it is not my car, but all my battery negative posts are at the front of the engine bay.

Well I wasn't trying to be negative.

 

[toolmanmike]

Well I wasn't trying to be negative.

 

[DeltaV]

We try to put a positive spin on things and we try to make sure our posts are well grounded.

 

[Kern Dog]

I hope they don't try to CHARGE me too much for an alternator....

 

[DeltaV]

I hope they don't try to CHARGE me too much for an alternator....



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It can be rectified if they do.

 

[kiwigtx]

I've read about using the multi-meter but I'm not understanding the process.

 

[padam]

This is a good one

 

[Kern Dog]

It is a strange thing.
I've noticed that lately, some things are clear as a bell to me and I understand immediately. Other things look foreign and are not as clear. I have wondered if my brain is going soft from NOT working steady.

 

[RemCharger]

I don't want to sound biased, but the pricing is usually current.

 

[DeltaV]

It is a strange thing.
I've noticed that lately, some things are clear as a bell to me and I understand immediately. Other things look foreign and are not as clear. I have wondered if my brain is going soft from NOT working steady.

Did you bump your head?

 

[kiwigtx]

It is a strange thing.
I've noticed that lately, some things are clear as a bell to me and I understand immediately. Other things look foreign and are not as clear. I have wondered if my brain is going soft from NOT working steady.

You might be suffering from Sometimers.

 

[kiwigtx]

Did you bump your head?

Falling off a ladder can cause delayed concussion.

 

[padam]

Well he was on the roof, then the ground, and doesn’t remember what happened in between.

 

[DeltaV]

It can be rectified if they do.

There is a small bit of humor in this statement @Kern Dog

Did you miss it in your advanced age?

 

[Kern Dog]

No, I got it.
Maybe it was the fall from the roof and the concussion. It isn't significant, just sometimes a matter of reading something that just doesn't make sense when it should be easily understood.

 

[kiwigtx]

Well he was on the roof, then the ground, and doesn’t remember what happened in between.

He was transported by an alien spaceship to the planet Zork, where he was anally probed for several months (their timescale) before being returned to the ground in the foetal position, and a slightly sore butt. At least that what was in the Police report.....

 

[padam]

He was transported by an alien spaceship to the planet Zork, where he was anally probed for several months (their timescale) before being returned to the ground in the foetal position, and a slightly sore butt. At least that what was in the Police report.....

Typical day for a carpenter.