[urq] 0.15A constant drain on the battery

[Louis-Alain Richard]

Update in this: I've pulled all the fuses and relays, still 0.13A. I've also
unplugged all electrical connectors at every sensor/light/device I can get
access. Still 0.13A. There is some relays for the headlamps/fog/driving,
I'll have to check that also. But, I've measured current on a typical Bosch
relay : 0.18A. So I can rule out a stuck relay, I guess.

Another potential area is the alternator itself. The voltage regulator died
last fall, a friend boiled the battery and killed the cut-off switch but
when I replaced these three, everything was normal. But is there a
possibility that some other internal part suffered and now cause the draw ? 

Louis-Alain

 

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De : quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] De
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Envoyé : 29 janvier 2009 23:01
À : 'urq'; 'Audifans '
Objet : RE: [urq] 0.15A constant drain on the battery

In this fusebox setup, all the unswitched lights are on the same circuit,
the same one for the clock and radio and antenna. When I pull that fuse,
still 0.15A.

What I am thinking of is something less obvious : a relay, or the heating
element for the warm-up regulator or the thermo-time switch maybe. What is
the amperage draw (or wattage) of an ordinary relay ? Same question about
the heating elements ?
Are they fused, usually ? Same circuit as ignition maybe ? 


Louis-Alain


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Trunk light?

Under hood light?

At 09:19 PM 1/29/2009, you wrote:
>Well, I am just back from the kitchen, and indeed I can't confirm that the
>fridge light is really off when I close the door... I need a dwarf.
>
>More seriously, is there a bulb that I should check ?
>
>LAR
>
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>De : urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] De la part
>de Maurits Jonkergouw
>Envoyé : 29 janvier 2009 19:08
>À : Audifans
>Objet : Re: [urq] 0.15A constant drain on the battery
>
>
>You already checked the 'refrigerator' light did you?
>
>
> >2W sure sounds like a lamp somewhere.
> >Mike

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