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28-12-2005, 17:41
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Electrical Problem?
Someone out there must be able to help pleeeese!!!
If I leave my fully charged battery connected, by the next morning it's completely dead, I've checked all the obvious things like lights etc, there is no alarm or i.c.e. fitted at moment as car is still in process of being rebuilt. But it is becoming a pain in the arse having to connect and disconnect the battery every time. Anyone got any idea what the problem could be? 
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29-12-2005, 23:20
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Sounds silly but maybe your battery is just nackered? check the water levels aswell as putting a multimeter on the disconnected battery at night and then rechecking it in the morning to see if what charge its lost whilst being disconnected.
.................................................. .................................................. ... Check things like the interior boot light is switching off,maybe the alarm is not functioning correctly if you have one fitted, or maybe your cd player is not switching off properly and an amplifier for a subwoofer is staying on etc.
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30-12-2005, 16:12
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Something is draining your battery thats for sure.. disconnect 1 battery terminal and use a multimeter to get a current reading with the ignition off. This will tell you how much current you are using with the ignition off.. not sure on what a 'good' reading would be but suspect under 3 amps
If that checks out fine then chances are its your alternator Have you measured battery terminal voltage with the engine running? If it reads 12.5v then check the alternator output terminal 'b' (+ve); measure the brown insulated terminal with 10mm nut to earth.. Should be 13.0 - 15.9v if not, its shagged 
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30-12-2005, 16:32
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You can try disconnecting the fusible links, in the little black box near the battery.
This will prob stop the battery dying. Then use the multimeter on the terminals to see where the current is being drawn from. One thing for sure is... Its only a simple thing thats causing the problem. Its finding it thats the pain.
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30-12-2005, 19:17
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31-12-2005, 13:05
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I'd suggest obtaining the current being drawn from the battery while the car isn't running. Put a meter between the battery + and the terminal connector.
The reading should be pretty low, almost nothing really. Take out each fuse one by one and see if the reading changes. If it does, see what the fuse is for and there you have your fault? If you have any audio amps, maybe one of those is running all the time? I had that problem on a car once, battery lasted a few hours then dead. Just a thought. 
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