[DeTomaso] Battery Power Loss

[Rob Dumoulin]

Your radio may pull some current. I had to disconnect my Sony because it for
some reason pulled a lot when the car was parked but my new Optima would
last a few days before it was discharged.  Anybody want to buy a Sony?

Rob


On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 6:12 PM, michael at michaelshortt.com <
michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are several multimeter tutorials on you tube.  Michael Shortt
>  On Jan 3, 2011 6:00 PM, "sean mundy" <seanmundy at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Sounds easy. Thanks Doug!!
> >
> >> From: doug351c at gmail.com
> >> To: seanmundy at hotmail.com; mikeldrew at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> >> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Battery Power Loss
> >> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:55:32 -0800
> >>
> >> Sean,
> >>
> >> Set your multimeter to its current reading mode and start out using it's
> >> highest Amps scale or you may blow its internal current fuse. Disconnect
> >> the negative battery cable and connect your multimeter's leads between
> the
> >> just removed negative battery cable and the battery's negative terminal.
> >> Then get into the car with the door closed (as Mike suggests) and pull
> the
> >> fuses one by one.
> >>
> >> Doug Braun
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> >> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of sean mundy
> >> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 2:35 PM
> >> To: mikeldrew at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> >> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Battery Power Loss
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks Mike, sounds like a good info to start with. Now I have to figure
> >> out how to use a multimeter.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> >> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 17:11:58 -0500
> >> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Battery Power Loss
> >> To: seanmundy at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 1/3/11 14 04 9, seanmundy at hotmail.com writes:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Suggestions on how/where do I begin figuring out the exact cause?
> Electric
> >> stuff scares me.
> >>
> >>
> >> Frightens me no end, too.
> >>
> >> Bill Taylor will be able to explain this much better than I do. You can
> set
> >> your multimeter to register the power draw on the battery. With a helper
> >> manning the multimeter, get inside the car and close the door (to
> extinguish
> >> the dome light). With the key turned off, there should be zero current
> >> flowing, but probably, there will be, if you have an electrical 'leak'.
> >> Now, one at a time, remove and replace each fuse. Eventually, if you're
> >> lucky, you'll pull a fuse and the leak will drop to zero. You've now
> >> isolated the fuse that is contributing to the problem.
> >>
> >> Then, it's a matter of isolating the various circuits on that fuse to
> find
> >> the culprit.
> >>
> >> You may find that the pull-the-fuse trick doesn't work; that would then
> >> indicate that the culprit is an unfused thing. I vaguely recall hearing
> >> that the alternator can fritz out and cause such a draw?
> >>
> >> Okay, we've rapidly reached the end of my knowledge on this topic!
> Somebody
> >> else, please weigh in with an actual, informed step-by-step procedure!
> >>
> >> Mike
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