jroderick619

My Battery Drains.

dont know where to start but, basically

when i DONT start my car for a good 23hrs (i timed it)
my battery dies..

I uninstalled my Sub, Amp and Dome Light (it only turns on when on DOOR mode, and on ON position SOMETIMES and when in OFF position it does not turn off, it just Dims).

i'm still running Fog Lights

i bought a Yellow Top from Autozone.
Replaced it 3x I'm now on my 4th New Yellow Top. LOL

WHAT I DID SO FAR..

I started my car, popped the hood, took Battery out and the car still runs..

WHAT ELSE CAN I DO and WHAT DO I TEST FOR..

I also checked all my fuses. all is in good and working condition.

another question

in general, if its not GROUND correctly. what happens?

So basically just to keep my car working normal i have to START her up twice a day...

SMFH WTF

1dirtyeg4me

you need to do a amp draw test. you have a circuit that is drawing power when your car is off.

NVturbo

loose ground. A friend of mine had this issue in a '98 Integra. He somehow removed one of the ground and forgot to tighten it back.

EJ8mike

This.

Check youtube on how to do this. Need only a multimeter.

EJ8mike

Oh and do u have an aftermarket alarm?

jroderick619

Yes, i forgot to mention that i have a after market alarm.. i dont recall the name of the alarm. it was already installed in the car when i got it.

ok, i have a multimeter.. where do i check? and i'm looking for anything that reads 12amp? how would i know if its supposed to be a constant or not?

jroderick619

um what happened? what are the effects of not having a proper ground?

i apologize for the noob questions hahah

Former User

A bad ground won't cause battery drain.

Watch this:

NVturbo

I'm going to disagree Ron. It happened after I installed a kill switch on his car. The following day after the K/S install, he took his car to someone to replace something in the engine bay and the guy had removed one of the grounds and didn't reinstall it. He called me up asking if I did something to the car because the battery drained on him. After checking carefully, it was a loose ground.

EsotericImage

iTrader: (8)

^^^
Never herd that before. Loose ground causing battery drain?!
Impossible.

Alarm causing parasitic draw, all the time.

black97civic

A ground is not going to drain the battery. Sounds like he thought the battery was dead but it ended up being a loose ground. A loose ground can act like a dead battery.

NVturbo

I'm just relaying what he said. By the time I was able to check it out, he claims it was fixed.

jroderick619

THANKS WILL DO!