Hi.
Victor Meldrew moment for me; flat battery the other day - needed a fast charge to get going (had been idle for 9-days but warm(ish) and dry in the garage. Restarted from my desination some 6 hours later okay.
Today I've set about finding out why and have some worrying current drains going on, but firstly; the battery is not holding charge (hardly at all) 14.3v running down to 13.2v within minutes of switching off (struggled to restart engine) and I need to replace it. Does anyone know how much a Go GM72-H3 (as on it now) or similar is for me to pick up on Friday?? Does anyone have a good (enough) spare nearby (Newark) or towards Bradford from Newark?
I'll change the battery but will I still be left with an issue - the current drain as measured is now about 150mA (settled). If I remove *both* #1 and #2 big 80A fuses (pre-facelift) and then replace them it drops to c.20mA (I'm fine with that - should I be okay with 150mA?).
I've also got a lot hanging off the +ve terminal. Main cable (black)(solenoid?) and another short red to the maxi-fuses (6 but only 5 used). And also some tapped onto the smaller screw - a black (is/was this the alarm sounder? it doesn't appear to take current at all) plus two added reds each with an in-line fuse (2x 15A). One of these two draws about 160mA after 8 seconds reconnected - I wondered if these were for the towbar electrics but the main trailer lights appear to work (inc. buzzer) without this.
I went through the cabin fuses and replays to find the drain but nothing obvious. My fuse17 does odd things when pulled but if I remove the larger fan fuse it drops to zero. Eberything else appears to work as expected - my rear power plug goes off with the ignition (I think that's right for a pre-FL). The engine bay relays I can't work out - the release tab seems to free the mounting complete with loom - do you ease it all up to release the relay module or maybe release them all together ? (eek).
Photos to follow but firstly a need some electrons.
P.S. The battery dot indicator is actually green - does this work?