[s-cars] Current draw/dead battery

[Mark Strangways]

Love my Nak too Jim, great head unit.
I was in the very same predicament as you, I would lose power after 1 or 2 
days.
Did the same thing as you, ammeter across the battery...
I removed all stuff ( that I thought) that was tied to the battery bus on 
the car.
Still would lose power, but it was intermittent.
I finally heard the culprit... while under the hood none the less.
Once I unplugged the running, ( and the car had not been for a few days) 
coolant after run pump all my troubles went away. I can now abandon the car 
for weeks on end and not fear a dead battery. I can fear other things as the 
wrath of the Audi gods hammers on me for leaving car by itself for so long.

Anyways, unplug that puppy... at least you will have it eliminated.

To all, have a very merry, and safe, Holiday Season (or Christmas for the 
Christians here). I hope you all get all the tools and toys on your lists 
:-)

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Furdyn" <audijim at comcast.net>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Current draw/dead battery


> On today's episode of "What did Jim do to his S-pig today?" we'll discuss
> what the "removing pin 8 from the central lock/interior light control
> procedure yielded towards the ghost current draw/dead battery problem.
>
>
>
> As stated, the above procedure was a simple one and was (and still could 
> be)
> a possible avenue to go down as far as eliminating possible culprits. This
> morning, I saw that the meter was indicating a hair more than 12.0 vdc, so 
> I
> knew the car would not start. I tried and the voltage dropped to below 
> 10.0
> vdc and tried to turn the flywheel for a second and then gave up on that 
> and
> started clicking. So it has been concluded that the above procedure did 
> not
> yield a remedy to the problem.
>
>
>
> I removed the Kenwood 10 disc CD changer from the trunk a few months back,
> because I never use it and I currently run a single CD, Nakamichi CD-400
> head unit and use the AUX function for MP3's. Today when I removed the
> driver side lower dash area to gain access to the relay panel behind it, I
> noticed a control module tucked way up under the dash. I found a power
> control module for the Kenwood DC changer?! I traced the wires and it was
> powered up via the hot leads going to the radio factory harness. I cut the
> wires and removed the entire unit. I then pulled the radio and made sure
> there was nothing there out of the ordinary. So I'll let it fly like this 
> to
> see if the current draw was eliminated.
>
>
>
> I also double checked the head unit powering up the amps, just to make 
> sure
> that the radio was not bleeding power to a battery sucker. No joy, the 
> radio
> works correctly so when the head unit is off, the amps are off/ when the
> head unit is on, the amps are on.
>
>
>
> Stay tuned for the next episode titled "Did it fix it?!"
>
>
>
> Happy Holidays,
>
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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