SteJ
Member
I’m fed up jump starting the disco every time I want to use it so decided today to do some investigation work.
The battery was changed end of July due to the same issue occurring which appeared to fix the issue howler it has manifested again in the last 4-5 weeks.
With the engine running the volts read 14.7. As soon as it stops this drops to 12.3 then slowly and steadily decreases.
I have disconnected the battery at the negative connection and put a meter across the lead and battery to show the pull on the battery (taken the lead from a google search so not sure this is the right thing to do?). The attached pictures show the result. 11.16 increasing to 11.18. Am I right in thinking this should only be about 0.03? The battery had dropped to around 10.36 after about 30minutes.
I have systematically one by one pulled each fuse to see the effect and there is none whatsoever. I am now at a loss.
I have disconnected any new items I have installed to take these out of the equation and again these have had nil effect.
The only other aspect I can think of is I do have a very leaky windscreen which is soaking into the headliner and I’m not sure if this could have any effect if it got into the electrics somewhere?
does anyone have any ideas or advice of next steps to find and fix this issue?
TIA!
The battery was changed end of July due to the same issue occurring which appeared to fix the issue howler it has manifested again in the last 4-5 weeks.
With the engine running the volts read 14.7. As soon as it stops this drops to 12.3 then slowly and steadily decreases.
I have disconnected the battery at the negative connection and put a meter across the lead and battery to show the pull on the battery (taken the lead from a google search so not sure this is the right thing to do?). The attached pictures show the result. 11.16 increasing to 11.18. Am I right in thinking this should only be about 0.03? The battery had dropped to around 10.36 after about 30minutes.
I have systematically one by one pulled each fuse to see the effect and there is none whatsoever. I am now at a loss.
I have disconnected any new items I have installed to take these out of the equation and again these have had nil effect.
The only other aspect I can think of is I do have a very leaky windscreen which is soaking into the headliner and I’m not sure if this could have any effect if it got into the electrics somewhere?
does anyone have any ideas or advice of next steps to find and fix this issue?
TIA!