[V8] Draining Battery...

[bblake1055 at aol.com]

Justin,
 
I just had this happen last summer and it turned out to be a wire grounding out under the drivers seat.  It would only do it when the seat was in the "Down" position.  I found it by pulling fuses.  You can hear the alternator kicking in when I took the fuse out and put it back in again. 
 
I put a test light under the seat and it turned out the whole seat frame was "Live" with 12 volts.
 
Good Luck
 
Bob Blake
 
90 V8
91 V8
92 V8
93 V8
93 V8 5-spd 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Bowers <justin.bowers at comcast.net>
To: v8 at audifans.com
Sent: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:41:06 -0800
Subject: [V8] Draining Battery...


Hi All,

My car has a newly developed skill at draining batteries - very annoying to
say the least!

Here's the scoop...

If I run the car every day, there doesn't seem to be a problem.  If it sits
for even a couple days - dead battery (like at the airport this week!) To be
clear, it doesn't have enough power to even attempt to turn the motor...it
has enough power to run the clock, but that is it.

I've checked the voltage on the climate control while driving and it is
charging.  In addition, I'm sure its charging because even if I've had to
jump the car to start it, if I run it for a while the battery does take a
charge.
 
Something is draining the battery when the car isn't running - how to find
that "something" is what is a mystery to me.

By the way, I've replaced the battery - can't be the battery.

Any thoughts or ideas as to what it might be?

Best regards,

Justin
90 V8q


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