hey man,

 

 

i mustn't have been using the correct setting on the multi meter. I read no amps :)

 

however, when i have the terminals connected up and the multimeter on the negative and positive terminals its losing about 0.01 every 2 seconds !

 

so it must be a drain somewhere. one of my mates said the alternator regulator or somthing? anyone have any idea how to test this?

You have a Parasitic Current Draw.

 

If your vehicle is drawing more than 45 milli-amps after the vehicle is in the locked, off position with every single known-application turned off - unplugged after about 2 minutes, then you have something drawing more current than it should = your bats going flat.

 

Is your alternator rooted? 13.08v on idol would mean that its charging - its ok ( for now )

 

You need to get a multimeter, connect the leads on it so that the back lead is in the common black port on the multimeter, and the red lead is moved to the ammeter position - ie. it might say "10 amp fused". Disconnect the negative lead off the battery. Place the Black lead from the multimeter onto the battery. Place the red lead from the multimeter onto the negative cable of the car. Ie. The Multimeter is now in series with the vehicle = Its now Car = through meter = into battery. Turn the multi meter onto the Amp Scale. Read what it says.

 

Most of the time you'll find its what others have added to cars that cause the current draw issues - ie. radio's, GPS's..

 

Remember, if you connect the meter up wrong, your going to blow shit sky high. So, don't F*ck it up : )

 

xoxox

oh and don't listen to your mates, its the first correct step to the wrong problem :)

doin that now.

 

 

be right back

 

 

thanks :)

ok i have no idea

 

please help

 

which one do i put it on?

 

20M ( about 7 o'clock position) move red lead over one.

:) thanks man

 

 

be back in a minute

it says 2.9

change the scale down to a smaller one - ie 2000u - i can never get the conversion right, maths and i suck ass, but what that, 290 ma?

 

if max is 45 (even thats borderline too much) and you have 290ma current draw - you've got some rather large parasite sucking away at your car's batt storage.

 

Time to start disconnecting things - idea here - if you disconect something and that number drops, your onto a winner. Keep removing things till you've made that number less than 45. Start by removing fuses one at a time and checking back. Find out what system is chewing nom nom nom. Then, once you know what system it is , look further into it till you find your source problem.

 

Ha, this is why we get charged out at $200 an hour : )

 

Have fun :)

Thanks man!!

 

i'll get to it tomorrow. I'll let you know how it pans out.

 

:)