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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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| Tom |
Mar 19 2012, 02:41 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,139 Joined: 21-August 05 From: Port Orchard, WA 98367 Member No.: 4,626 Region Association: None |
I just took readings on mine and I am reading in the megohms with the negative disconnected and everything else hooked up.
Since you are saying you have a lot of the WRX electrics installed, then that is where I would look for the drain on the battery. Sorry I can't help there, no Subaru experience. How are the Subie electrics getting power? Isolate the power to them and take new readings. Lower ohms to ground readings with things off = more current when sitting overnight. In a perfect electrical/electronic system that would be 0 amps. Theoretically possible, but not practical. You will always have a very small current. By the way, do you get a small spark when hooking up the battery? That is a good indication that you have something drawing current. Tom |
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| ruby914 |
Mar 23 2012, 01:26 AM
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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(Tom @ Mar 19 2012, 12:41 PM)  I just took readings on mine and I am reading in the megohms with the negative disconnected and everything else hooked up. Since you are saying you have a lot of the WRX electrics installed, then that is where I would look for the drain on the battery. Sorry I can't help there, no Subaru experience. How are the Subie electrics getting power? Isolate the power to them and take new readings. Lower ohms to ground readings with things off = more current when sitting overnight. In a perfect electrical/electronic system that would be 0 amps. Theoretically possible, but not practical. You will always have a very small current. By the way, do you get a small spark when hooking up the battery? That is a good indication that you have something drawing current. Tom Just an update. Slow to update because my Modem is acting up like my car was. The car sat for days with every thing hooked up but a door is off and the door ajar light has been on all that time. Car started with out a problem yesterday. I look forward to get this body work on the door completed and start driving again. I am hoping it fixed its self because I didn't do anything. And hope I am not speaking too soon. Now, I wish my modem and lawnmower would follow the cars example. |
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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 what a nightmare bro.....
so your gonna reinstall... Mar 18 2012, 03:23 PM ruby914
what a nightmare bro.....
so your gonna reinstal... Mar 18 2012, 03:45 PM mrbubblehead
what a nightmare bro.....
so your gonna reinsta... Mar 18 2012, 03:50 PM ruby914
[quote name='ruby914' post='1648521' date='Mar 18... Mar 18 2012, 03:57 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 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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