What's draining my battery?
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robp38
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rf reciever,, wireless doorbells wirelessinternet etc plays havoc with them do a search on here for the quick and permanent fixes
v8hotrodboy
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Dont get me started on Battery drain!!
Mine drives me mad!!!!
Mine drives me mad!!!!
Datatek
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'97 4.6 HSE
Are there any known culprits?
Just bought a brand new battery. Worked fine as long as I used her every day. Left her for 5-6 days and the battery is so drained even the clock has stopped. What's going on here?
Henrik
As Rob says RF receiver, well known problem. Disconnect the blue aerial wire from the RF receiver under the parcel shelf trim on the RH side. The key fob will still work if you operate it very close to the rear quarter window. If that fixes the problem, you need a new RF receiver of the latest spec. (NOT FROM EBAY)
As Rob says RF receiver, well known problem. Disconnect the blue aerial wire from the RF receiver under the parcel shelf trim on the RH side. The key fob will still work if you operate it very close to the rear quarter window. If that fixes the problem, you need a new RF receiver of the latest spec. (NOT FROM EBAY)
OK, thanks gentlemen!
I will try to disconnect the RF aerial and see if it helps. I've done some searching and see that it might be a good idea to measure the current draw. Alternator is brand new and seems to work fine. Radio is kaput.
Any other things to check?
Regards
Henrik
roddy4
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'97 4.6 HSE
Are there any known culprits?
Just bought a brand new battery. Worked fine as long as I used her every day. Left her for 5-6 days and the battery is so drained even the clock has stopped. What's going on here?
Henrik
that will be the alarm then,mine is the same 2-3 days it will be fine after that it starts to drag the battery down.
