Battery drain?

**sixer11** · 6-1-07, 5:53

Ok i know it's not my head unit or my gauges. I'm thinking maybe a wiring issue with j-specs. Has anyone had these kinda issues with j-specs. I think i'm gonna take it all apart this morning and check it out, its such a clutter f*** of wires and harnesses down there that it's just easier to take the lights out. Also my head unit has a little red security light......that wouldn't do it, would it? She usually sits for about 4 or 5 days a week and is just driven weekends. So it takes a coupla days before the battery is drained to the point were i can't get her to turn over.

fasthard · 6-1-07, 11:48

Its your alarm. Try turning it off and then leave it for a few days. I had the same problem even with a yellow top. your lights would not drain any thing if there off. Make shure every thing is off next time you leave it sit for a few days. Your batt could be going to.

**aquamx6** · 6-4-07, 17:32

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Originally Posted by fasthard

Its your alarm. Try turning it off and then leave it for a few days. I had the same problem even with a yellow top. your lights would not drain any thing if there off. Make shure every thing is off next time you leave it sit for a few days. Your batt could be going to.

Your yellow top would not hold a charge because of the alarm? That doesnt sound right at all, as far as i know alarms drain very little unless your constantly setting it off (someone correct me if im wrong). Im by no means calling you a liar, just find it hard to believe that a high performance battery like that would die from a simple alarm.

The LED in your head unit should not kill the battery as LEDs use very little power and as fasthard said, your lights wont do anything unless they are on.

Once batteries become old, they will no longer hold a charge as well as they did when they were brand new though, just out of curiousity, how old is the battery sixer11?

Beowulf · 6-4-07, 19:35

I had a similar problem recently, and the problem was my alternator. When my car was running at all, it would only run off the battery. This was draining my battery to the point it wouldnt turn over either. It got so bad that the car died in traffic one day, so I'd get it checked for safety. Any auto parts store will do it for free.

P.S. Karma is nice

**I4MX6** · 6-4-07, 19:40

How about you take your battery to a battery shop and have it tested. It might be cooked.

If its not, it could be your alternator, but you can test that with a multimeter to see if it produces a charge.

**pearsonmx6** · 6-4-07, 20:01

you can but you cant put a load on it. a bad alt can still produce 14V and be bad and you wont know it

**sixer11** · 6-5-07, 2:42

The Battery is less than a year old. I never turn the alarm on either. I've been just pulling the negative for the last year or so but i drove it to Iowa and when i put her in the garage i forgot to pull it again. I've ruled out the headlights for obvious reasons and the head unit is off so i'm thinkin maybe my glow gauges? The on/off switch has had some tears in it due to its location and the gauges just come on when i flip the lights on so i'm thinkin thats it.

fasthard · 6-5-07, 11:09

If every thing is off, its your batt or alt. How can some thing draw power if its off? You can do what i did. I bought a bell radar detector that tells me a digital read of my volts. When the car is on it tells me what the alt pushes out. When the car is off it tells me the batt. Its a vary nice thing to have.