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Something was draining my battery.
« on: 06 June 2008, 06:33:47 »
Went to Marks last night and he stuck his AVO onto it.

By a process of elimination he discovered that the relay controlling the auxhilary socket was permantely on, drawing around 750ma.

Interestingly, only facelifts have this relay, and in a way, he killed two birds with one stone, as his facelift is experiencing similar problems.

Thanks a lot Mark :y
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Re: Something was draining my battery.
« Reply #1 on: 06 June 2008, 07:08:01 »
Doesnt that one normally stay active for a certain time after you switch the car off?
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Re: Something was draining my battery.
« Reply #2 on: 06 June 2008, 07:46:21 »
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Doesnt that one normally stay active for a certain time after you switch the car off?

Yes, about 15mins.
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Re: Something was draining my battery.
« Reply #3 on: 06 June 2008, 08:30:06 »
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Doesnt that one normally stay active for a certain time after you switch the car off?

Yes, about 15mins.

Or in this case.........one hell of a lot longer!
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Re: Something was draining my battery.
« Reply #4 on: 06 June 2008, 08:32:38 »
Father in law's Vectra occasionaly suffers similar, wondering if its related, off the top of your head do they have a similar setup?
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Re: Something was draining my battery.
« Reply #5 on: 06 June 2008, 08:39:46 »
There is a similar relay fed by a much larger multitimer setup.....but the cig lighter is not switched off it.
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Re: Something was draining my battery.
« Reply #6 on: 06 June 2008, 09:57:43 »
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Doesnt that one normally stay active for a certain time after you switch the car off?

Yes, about 15mins.


Yes, I discovered this after I could not understand why equipment such as mobile phone or satnav that I left plugged in (and hidden under the seat) seemed to be charging when I left the car, but was not fully charged by the time I returned a couple of hours later....

Anyway, good job you got it fixed.

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Re: Something was draining my battery.
« Reply #7 on: 06 June 2008, 10:45:50 »
Interesting.. Another failure mode to bear in mind. I wonder if this was only happening intermittently - because, IIRC, the standing current looked OK when AA got the meter on it.

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Re: Something was draining my battery.
« Reply #8 on: 06 June 2008, 15:44:27 »
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Interesting.. Another failure mode to bear in mind. I wonder if this was only happening intermittently - because, IIRC, the standing current looked OK when AA got the meter on it.

Kevin

You could be right, although it flattened a new battery after being left standing for a week.


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Re: Something was draining my battery.
« Reply #9 on: 10 June 2008, 18:14:12 »
Used the car extensively yesterday, it's been standing since about 4 pm yesterday, just been out to post a letter, battery was nearly flat :(

Now what, sticking relay has been removed.
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Re: Something was draining my battery.
« Reply #10 on: 10 June 2008, 19:38:23 »
humour me, and disconnect power sounder (using normal process)...
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« Reply #11 on: 10 June 2008, 19:41:13 »
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humour me, and disconnect power sounder (using normal process)...

First thing we did at Marks.
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« Reply #12 on: 10 June 2008, 19:42:10 »
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First thing we did at Marks.
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Re: Something was draining my battery.
« Reply #13 on: 10 June 2008, 19:42:39 »
Remove boot light bulb?
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Re: Something was draining my battery.
« Reply #14 on: 10 June 2008, 19:46:50 »
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Remove boot light bulb?

Keep going, it's defo off.
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