> Went to start the car last night for a grocery run and the batt was
> dead.. I mean dead would not even try to start the car. I have not run the
> car in maybe a little over a week. Far as I can tell nothing was left on. The
> batt is a big-mama yellow top optima batt ao it takes a lot to drain it.
> The only thing different on the car is that I installed my borg
> trunk light which at most draws like 250milli-amps andn the trunkpopper
> solenoid. I am guessing it must be the solenoid. Its hooked up via the
> instructions with a relay so that when I ground one of the wires it activates
> the solenoid. This is a little different than the setup I am used to using
> with a relay but required because the alarm uses a negative pulse to activate
> any accessorys.
A little trick that was shared with me some years ago might help you
identify the cause of the continuous drain. Disconnect the primary battery
cables and connect an ohmmeter or multi meter set to read ohms between them.
If you have a constant current draw, the meter will show very little
resistance, if any at all.
Start pulling fuses, one at a time, first from the main fuse panel. When you
pull the fuse for the circuit feeding power to the cause of the drain,
resistance should go infinite, because you've effectively cut it off. If you
don't get results pulling the fuses of the circuits running through the main
panel, start pulling the fuses on circuits that are individually fused. I
have a few of those for (ham) radios and such.
The point is that this process should identify the circuit causing the drain
and allow you to trace it down.
HTH, Ron
Ronnie Day
ronday@home.com
Dallas/Ft. Worth
'71 510 2-dr (Prepared Class Autocrosser)
'73 510 2-dr (Street Toy)
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