Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 23:48:40 GMT From: "Nilsa and Barry Mabel" <mabelsnopsamp.rr.com> Subject: Re: draining battery
It could be a bad stater (which will not show up on a check of fuses). This was the case with my '73 96 and a '91 9000. Tio Barry "Grunff" <grunffnopsam.com> wrote in message news:au1o66$3iniq$1nopsam52899.news.dfncis.de... > gwilym wrote: > > Hi all, I have a 1990 saab 900i and the battery keeps draining if I dont > > start the car for one day. The AA have been out twice and inform me it is > > not their battery which is 1 year old but something else that is draining > > excessively. I use the car in the week everyday and there is no problem, > > just if I leave it a day...all the lights are definitely off, I even > > disconnected the radio last time because it has a flashing light. The AA > > said its charging fine so its not the alternator. > > Any ideas? > > All I can do at the moment is make sure I spark it up every day but I'm > > going on holiday soon so was thinking of just disconnecting the battery.. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Gwilym. > > You need to find out if there is a drain, and what it is. > > Attach an ammeter in series with the battery (engine off), with > say a 10A range. See what the current draw is. If it's more than > 10mA, then start pulling fuses until you eliminate the circuit. > This should narrow it down to a point where it's easy to > identify the drain. > > -- > Grunff >
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