My Project Zed

[Faheem]

That could be very useful and I am truly surprised.

I don't have a garage so i'll have to wait till it warms up.

That way we can do a good amount of things without freezing our t**s of.

 

[Brian4]

Don't be surprised with this lot on here we aim to help. Weather does need to warm a bit some jobs to do on mine as well and no garage.

 

[Faheem]

So everything is back together just waiting on some door cards and a pair of front headlights now as well as the antenna mount.

However, I still can't figure out the cause of the battery drain.

@jonco I checked those Fuses and all seemed fine.

What I want to do is to check what's causing the drain by removing each fuse and checking with a multimeter if the power drawn decreases? Is this the method that I should use? And if so what setting would I need to use on multimeter?

 

[Faheem]

Parasitic draw is 0.22 I don't know much about electrics but I followed a video and that's the figure that my multimeter showed, figure went up when turning things on e.g. Hazards. I tried removing central locking Fuses and interior light and luggage compartment fuse, however the figure sat at 0.22. Will have to go through each fuse when the weather is nicer outside.

 

[g8jka]

Boot light isn't staying on is it? Put you phone in the boot on video mode and shut the boot and lock the car. Then have a look at the video to check it is going off. It's been known quite a few times before that the boot light stays on and people don't realise, meaning they end up with a dead battery.

 

[Faheem]

@g8jka none of the interior lights / boot lights work so I've removed the bulbs

 

[oldcarman]

But the wiring could still be shorting out @Faheem. Put a few bulbs back in and try @g8jka 's suggestions. Nothing to lose but a few minutes of time and you may end up finding out why those lights weren't working. JIM