Battery Drain

[S4CJO]

This may have been dealt with elsewhere so apologies.

I keep the Chimeara on a battery conditioner while in the garage which is great, battery always ready to go.
However did leave the conditioner off for a week and the battery was dead, didn't take long once conditioner reconnected to get back up to charge. Thought I'd seen somewhere on the forum that a dodgy relay could cause the battery to drop?

[Plan B]

Buy one of these - it will tell you which circuit is making the parasitic drain. https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/400mm-automotive-curren...

[S4CJO]

Cheers plan b will take a trip to Maplin.

[wuckfitracing]

Parasitic drain is usually the interior light delay relay. Its yellow and in the fuse box. Mine was warm to touch.

[roseytvr]

Plan B said:

Buy one of these - it will tell you which circuit is making the parasitic drain. https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/400mm-automotive-curren...

Nice one - another tool I don't need "yet" ordered just in case!
It's an addiction lol

[QBee]

How old is the battery?

[wseed]

Thanks for the tips re the napkin gizmo and the info on the relay. Mine set the alarm off last Saturday when the battery clearly dropped too far after not being us d for a few weeks. I was thinking maybe the tracker which is supposed to reduce the number of messages it sends once it detects the voltage to be low but t could well be the interior lamp and I've had trouble with that too.

I'll be getting a conditioner soon for the winter but it won't hurt to know where the drain is from.

[Steve_D]

roseytvr said:

Plan B said:

Buy one of these - it will tell you which circuit is making the parasitic drain. https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/400mm-automotive-curren...

Nice one - another tool I don't need "yet" ordered just in case!
It's an addiction lol

It got me as well only I spotted an ebay item for a pair of them one for the standard fuses and the other for mini fuse.
Got them today and was even more impressed they will test up to 20amp. My multimeter will only do 10.

Steve