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Old 8th April 2016, 05:06 PM
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Old 6th September 2016, 06:12 AM
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Based on an issue I'm having, I was going to suggest the alternator.
My battery goes flat in 3-4 days regardless of how much it's driven (it's my daily). Alternator charges at 13.2 or 13.4 volts. Don't know what amperage it produces, but as it should be charging around 14.4V and long drives don't significantly charge the battery, I'm confident the alternator is stuffed.
There's also anecdotal evidence that a collapsed voltage regulator circuit can actually act as a power drain.

The battery was renewed when the voltage drain was first detected, so I know that's not the issue and the old battery is a good spare now!

I will also check the condition of the chassis stud too, but we don't get salted roads down here!
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Sounds like a regulator failure to me. Get the bearings done while you are that far in
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I have been trying to stop a parasitic drain for some while , as previously reported on another thread here

not being able to effect a cure my current solution [ as the car can stay unused for a couple of weeks after which it won't start ] is to disconnect the earth cable when I put the car in the barn ; after a day the voltage drops to 12.60 and there it stays , so nothing wrong with the battery

the annoying thing is I know where the drain is , just can't find a solution !

if I remove the fuse in the boot which feeds the radio, electric aerial and CD stack the drain drops from 90 milliamp to 25 milliamp , the latter being quite acceptable , the former not

so I disconnected , in turn , each of the above items with the fuse in place , only to find that the drain stays at 90 !

is there anything else on that fuse ?

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Sounds like a regulator failure to me. Get the bearings done while you are that far in
I plan to - already bought a genuine voltage regulator and slip ring. Got a good auto elec nearby who'll have bearings in stock. Provided the windings are in good condition she'll be like a new one!
Just waiting for nice weather to affect removal (just coming out of winter here!).


As for other potential failures - the factory mobile phone (where fitted) has been touted as another possible drain device. I've pulled the fuse on mine permanently as 2g is being turned off here in November anyway, so it'll be pretty much useless.
May remove the phone from the arm rest one of these days too!
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The phone is definitely a drain if you leave the handset installed, otherwise I think probably not.
I accidentally left mine in situ once while away on holiday for 2 weeks, to return to a fully-charged handset and car with a flat battery!
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The phone is definitely a drain if you leave the handset installed, otherwise I think probably not.
I accidentally left mine in situ once while away on holiday for 2 weeks, to return to a fully-charged handset and car with a flat battery!
I've never had a problem with the phone. The car is left for a couple of weeks every year while we're on holiday, but it starts fine on my return.
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I was talking about the factory car phone - no battery...
It is installed on the aux circuit and should time out after x time.
But it can be activated by pressing the power button as I understand it and mine doesn't seem to like not having a sim card in it.
Either way I don't think it caused me any major parasitic drain issues, but as I'll never use it it's pointless giving it any power...
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