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Update, nothing to report, haven't had a chance to put the multimeteron it but on the plus side its been starting.
P38A Electrickery drain,where am I going wrong?
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Update, nothing to report, haven't had a chance to put the multimeteron it but on the plus side its been starting.
Probably the whatsit shorting via a the thingamy bob and causing a voltage drop across the clack valve ratchet integral wiring post.
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I''ve replaced the clack valve with a one way woofter, see if that works if not I'll ask our friend from Sri Lanka who seems to know everything .Probably the whatsit shorting via a the thingamy bob and causing a voltage drop across the clack valve ratchet integral wiring post.
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One-way Woofters come in 2 flavours I am told. "Tops" or "Bottoms".I''ve replaced the clack valve with a one way woofter, see if that works if not I'll ask our friend from Sri Lanka who seems to know everything .
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Another update, son in law had a Fiat in his garage with a similar problem which was traced to the radio??? Problem with the constant live, so before I went away I pulled the radio out. Two weeks later and....... the bastard was as flat as a witch's tit. sorry for the outrage and for any offence caused to any well endowed female member's of the occult, if it got past the mods.
son in law had a Fiat in his garage with a similar problem which was traced to the radio??? Problem with the constant live, so before I went away I pulled the radio out. Two weeks later and....... the bastard was as flat as a witch's tit. sorry for the outrage and for any offence caused to any well endowed female member's of the occult, if it got past the mods.
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You know it isn't that then so you're further ahead.
I took off one of the terminals to my battery (earth?) and used jump leads to go via my digital multimeter. You can disable the bonnet switches and then wait for it to "sleep" and if it doesn't then start pulling fuses.
Does it have the headlamp wipers? Got a feeling someone may have had an issue in the past from those causing a drain.
IIRC, mine was stuffed diodes in the alternator in the end.
I took off one of the terminals to my battery (earth?) and used jump leads to go via my digital multimeter. You can disable the bonnet switches and then wait for it to "sleep" and if it doesn't then start pulling fuses.
Does it have the headlamp wipers? Got a feeling someone may have had an issue in the past from those causing a drain.
IIRC, mine was stuffed diodes in the alternator in the end.
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Hi Grrrrrr, good point, radio going back in today. Battery on charge overnight so I may get back to it today but the lawns look as if they need cutting. I have disconnected the alternator lead to battery and there wasn't a spark when I reconnected it. I have a spare bonnet catch which I put in the o/s lock .
. I'll carry on rewardless.
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I had a bit of a moss issue so I dumped 25kg of Growmore on the front lawn. With this rain you can see i growing!
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If I got rid of the moss it would be down to soil, too many trees,
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If I got rid of the moss it would be down to soil, too many trees,
Same issue here. I took off the lower limbs to lift the crowns and let a bit more light through. That seems to be helping.
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When did this turn into "landygrown"
We're easily distracted at our age.When did this turn into "landygrown"
I was having a similar drainage problem on a Classic Audi 100S Coupe and I solved it by fitting an isolator switch which stopped all power being drained from the battery. It is fitted into the mains lead and when switched off makes the electrics think there is no battery also a very good any theft deterent. I think the switch cost me about £4 from Halford rather than keep on replacing batteries that have been drained and won't recharge.
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It would be a scene from starwars, starting up the millennium falcon every morning.....Thought of that but I couldn't live with resetting the windows, sunroof and radio every time I powered it up.
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Well...put the multimeter on today and this is the result.from locked it showed 1.01, after 2 minutes dropped to. 24 ,I guess the becm has gone to sleep. When I pulled fuse 33 the drain went to .49 This fuse is for the diagnostics. Replacing the fuse the reading drops to .16 after 30 seconds ??? Help!!! Photos attached.
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I haven't got RAVE on this machine but some back of the envelope calcs indicate to me that @ 0.24A draw a 60Ahr battery (that's the standard fitted to a RR?) should last over 240 hours (10 days).
What does RAVE say the BECM should draw when asleep? I'd have thought 0.125A would be about right but guess these are old electronics.
So the draw only changed after you removed fuse 33? And it stayed at 0.49A even if you waited 10 minutes?
What does RAVE say the BECM should draw when asleep? I'd have thought 0.125A would be about right but guess these are old electronics.
So the draw only changed after you removed fuse 33? And it stayed at 0.49A even if you waited 10 minutes?
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No it dropped to .16 after 30 secs.
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