Power drain

[f@-pots]

Hi guys, the saga continues, with an old chestnut that I'd forgotten about its been so long since I turned the key! OK, the engine is rebuilt and all I need to do now is fit the Y piece and exhaust, flush the engine ,fill er' up with fluids and we should have a go'er. However having turned on the ignition key for the first time tonight (just to see if it all worked) I noticed when I switched off that the battery light and some of the heater lights stayed on. This had been a problem I had with the car intermittently for quite a few months prior to taking her off the road and resulted in a few flat batterys . I used to be able to clear it by switching on and off a few times but this time no joy and I've had to disconnect the battery.
Any one out there had anything like this happen, and if so is there a fix?

Yours in anticipation , Nick.................

[MADMAX2]

A stab in the dark... a sticky relay??

[richy759]

Have you tried pressing the brake pedal to see if the lights go out? Mine does that occasionally which I think is a bad earth (I'm sure someone on here has the same problem too).

Rich

[paulathome]

I would be looking for a dodgy earth on one of the permanent feeds, say the alarm for instance.
If the earth for the alarm had come off or not making a good connection to earth the current will find a another route to earth via your dash light or what ever else it can. Do your dash lights stay on at full brightness or slightly more dim? If they are slightly dim then I would suspect an earth fault.
Just a thought.
Let us know how you get on.
Cheers.
Paul

[f@-pots]

Wow! The alarm earth thingy sounds about spot on fella! Its doing just that,some dash lights stay on as well as the batt light but all very dimly lit. 'HOWEVER' if you disconnect the battery then reconnect it all goes away which to a ignorant spanner monkey like me sounds a bit relay'ish .Come back y'hear ?

[BryanWilton]

Possibly a faulty ignition switch?
When you turn off with the key & the heater lights stay on it sounds like the ignition hasn't turned off...