Technical Battery Issues.

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Technical Battery Issues.

Ruuko

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Hey guys,

Long story short I killed my battery its a 40ah in the GP 1.2 8v, I do have a bit of ICE though so probably caused it to die.

Well anyway I replaced the battery with a 60ah one now, which is working beautifully :cool:

I thought I'd test the current draw from the battery with the ignition off and all my ice disconnected.

The current draw is 0.3amps which is small and would take over a week to kill the battery but, I still think thats high, I was thinking maybe after like 15 minutes or whatever the current draw may drop lower as the car may switch some other bits off. I'm not 100% though I'd have to meter the car for a about an hour and I dont have the facillity to do that immediatley.

Has anyone got any info or light to shed on this? or even better meter there batterys current consumption as well :worship:

Cheers guys
 
Hey guys,

Long story short I killed my battery its a 40ah in the GP 1.2 8v, I do have a bit of ICE though so probably caused it to die.

Well anyway I replaced the battery with a 60ah one now, which is working beautifully :cool:

I thought I'd test the current draw from the battery with the ignition off and all my ice disconnected.

The current draw is 0.3amps which is small and would take over a week to kill the battery but, I still think thats high, I was thinking maybe after like 15 minutes or whatever the current draw may drop lower as the car may switch some other bits off. I'm not 100% though I'd have to meter the car for a about an hour and I dont have the facillity to do that immediatley.

Has anyone got any info or light to shed on this? or even better meter there batterys current consumption as well :worship:

Cheers guys

Try taking fuses out 1 by 1 until you identify what is draining the battery if it concerns you.
 
Yeah, I'm probably going to, Has anyone else measured the current drain on the battery with ignition off? it may actually be 300ma but i cant be sure :idea:
 
You need to wait for the Body Computer to fully power-down after switching-off (can take a few mins) before taking current-draw readings.
 
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