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| ruby914 |
 Mar 17 2012, 03:52 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 26-April 09 From: Hawthorne, Ca Member No.: 10,305 Region Association: None  |
The WRX914 has a battery drain. Pulled all fuses, relays, grounds. No change.
I ended up at the generator? I pulled the two big white wires off (coming from the battery) and removed the plug with two small wires. The pole that the two big wires went to has continuity to ground. Is this telling me that the $200 generator is bad? |
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| mrbubblehead |
Mar 18 2012, 03:23 PM
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Twodollardoug Group: Members Posts: 1,155 Joined: 17-December 10 From: calimesa ca. Member No.: 12,492 Region Association: Southern California |
what a nightmare bro.....
so your gonna reinstall the og one? |
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| ruby914 |
Mar 18 2012, 03:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 26-April 09 From: Hawthorne, Ca Member No.: 10,305 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(mrbubblehead @ Mar 18 2012, 01:23 PM)  what a nightmare bro..... so your gonna reinstall the og one? With no good indication it's bad. It's going back in. Taking it apart gave me a chance to put a gloss coat on the CF intake and paint some brackets. I still don't understand how I could see continuity one way, flip the leads and see an open circuit the other way? I will keep digging as I go... |
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| mrbubblehead |
Mar 18 2012, 03:50 PM
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Twodollardoug Group: Members Posts: 1,155 Joined: 17-December 10 From: calimesa ca. Member No.: 12,492 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(ruby914 @ Mar 18 2012, 02:45 PM) QUOTE(mrbubblehead @ Mar 18 2012, 01:23 PM) what a nightmare bro..... so your gonna reinstall the og one? With no good indication it's bad. It's going back in. Taking it apart gave me a chance to put a gloss coat on the CF intake and paint some brackets. I still don't understand how I could see continuity one way, flip the leads and see an open circuit the other way? I will keep digging as I go... it may be going thru the diode from + to - but the diode will prevent it from - to +. |
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| ruby914 |
Mar 18 2012, 03:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 26-April 09 From: Hawthorne, Ca Member No.: 10,305 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(mrbubblehead @ Mar 18 2012, 01:50 PM) QUOTE(ruby914 @ Mar 18 2012, 02:45 PM) QUOTE(mrbubblehead @ Mar 18 2012, 01:23 PM) what a nightmare bro..... so your gonna reinstall the og one? With no good indication it's bad. It's going back in. Taking it apart gave me a chance to put a gloss coat on the CF intake and paint some brackets. I still don't understand how I could see continuity one way, flip the leads and see an open circuit the other way? I will keep digging as I go... it may be going thru the diode from + to - but the diode will prevent it from - to +. Yea, If that is the case, I thinking my tests may have been as faulty as O'Rielys. |
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ruby914 battery drain Mar 17 2012, 03:52 PM
mrbubblehead
The WRX914 has a battery drain. Pulled all fuses,... Mar 17 2012, 04:05 PM
ruby914
The WRX914 has a battery drain. Pulled all fuses... Mar 17 2012, 05:05 PM mrbubblehead
[quote name='mrbubblehead' post='1648031' date='M... Mar 17 2012, 05:21 PM ruby914 Best I can tell, the system is charging fine but w... Mar 17 2012, 05:28 PM mrbubblehead
Best I can tell, the system is charging fine but ... Mar 17 2012, 05:42 PM ruby914 I just checked the truck and there is no continuit... Mar 17 2012, 05:52 PM mrbubblehead
I just checked the truck and there is no continui... Mar 17 2012, 06:29 PM mrbubblehead
I just checked the truck and there is no continu... Mar 17 2012, 06:33 PM ruby914
[quote name='mrbubblehead' post='1648103' date='M... Mar 17 2012, 06:47 PM ruby914
I just checked the truck and there is no continu... Mar 17 2012, 07:03 PM mrbubblehead hmmm, my next suggestion was going to be to discon... Mar 17 2012, 07:27 PM ruby914 Well, I took it down to Pepboys and they tested th... Mar 17 2012, 08:12 PM mrbubblehead
Well, I took it down to Pepboys and they tested t... Mar 17 2012, 08:18 PM ruby914
Well, I took it down to Pepboys and they tested t... Mar 18 2012, 03:09 PM mrbubblehead LOL.... i would bet its the alt. did your battery ... Mar 18 2012, 04:03 PM Tom Your testing the alternator with on ohmmeter soun... Mar 18 2012, 06:49 PM ruby914
Your testing the alternator with on ohmmeter sou... Mar 18 2012, 08:32 PM Tom The load I read on the multimeter with everything ... Mar 19 2012, 03:19 AM ruby914
The load I read on the multimeter with everything... Mar 19 2012, 01:59 PM Tom I just took readings on mine and I am reading in t... Mar 19 2012, 02:41 PM ruby914
I just took readings on mine and I am reading in ... Mar 23 2012, 01:26 AM mrholland2
I just took readings on mine and I am reading in... Mar 24 2012, 10:45 AM ruby914 Ok, so they don't fix them selves.
Guess I did... Mar 30 2012, 01:55 PM Tom You don't have to multiply the reading. The DC... Mar 31 2012, 11:08 AM |
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