Untraceable parasitic current draw
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 7:47 pm
Hi all,
So my Turbo's been cooped up in the garage for the winter and I decided to take it out for a spin yesterday after re-insuring it, but it wouldn't start - completely dead battery.
I've been starting it and running the engine for 15 mins every few weeks and it's always started first time. I jumped it in the end and it started fine. I charged the battery overnight and it started fine today so I decided to check for parasitic current draws. After 10-15 secs the current drops to 0.14A with nothing running/on. I've never checked this on a car before so I was wondering if anyone knew what it should be; I read on another thread that it can get as low as 0.03A.
I've been through all the fuses that I can find disconnecting one by one and there was no change to the current reading. I can only find fuses one the 3 relays in the engine compartment and the one's in the fuse box under the steering column. Any similar experiences? The only the thing I have changed recently was the ignition coil a few weeks ago but I isolated this and nothing changed. As always I appreciate any advice anyone can offer. Nice to take the old girl for a spin, put a big smile on my face, even got a thumbs up off some young lads Cheers.
Swanny
So my Turbo's been cooped up in the garage for the winter and I decided to take it out for a spin yesterday after re-insuring it, but it wouldn't start - completely dead battery.
I've been starting it and running the engine for 15 mins every few weeks and it's always started first time. I jumped it in the end and it started fine. I charged the battery overnight and it started fine today so I decided to check for parasitic current draws. After 10-15 secs the current drops to 0.14A with nothing running/on. I've never checked this on a car before so I was wondering if anyone knew what it should be; I read on another thread that it can get as low as 0.03A.
I've been through all the fuses that I can find disconnecting one by one and there was no change to the current reading. I can only find fuses one the 3 relays in the engine compartment and the one's in the fuse box under the steering column. Any similar experiences? The only the thing I have changed recently was the ignition coil a few weeks ago but I isolated this and nothing changed. As always I appreciate any advice anyone can offer. Nice to take the old girl for a spin, put a big smile on my face, even got a thumbs up off some young lads Cheers.
Swanny