Re: Dead V8Q

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Payne <quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 6:29 AM
Subject: Dead V8Q


>There's a large inanimate silver object on the drive this morning.
>Roger's V8Q has done its party trick and flattened its battery
>overnight.
>
>There is a constant current drain from the battery of 410mA - I've
>pulled every fuse I can find and disconnected most of the connectors
>I can find to no avail.  It seems rather a lot to be supporting the
>alarm, and I believe I pulled the alarm's fuse anyway - a separate
>10-amp jobbie in a taped-up harness that just happens to run past
>the fuse box.
>
>Any ideas, anyone?
>
>--
> Phil Payne
> Phone: 0385 302803   Fax: 01536 723021
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Try pulling the leads off the starter, alternator, ignition switch, rad fan?
Is the radio direct wired or connected to the ignition switch?
    Perhaps you can disconnect the main power feeds until you find the one
supplying the drain. It obviously must be unfused or on the hot side of the
fuse panel.

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  251k km