Wouldn’t a leaky diode present as a constant draw?
Yes.Wouldn’t a leaky diode present as a constant draw?
I need to correct one item. You clip the positive lead from the multimeter to the negative terminal., not the the positive battery cable. That way the multimeter is in series with the battery. If your clip is small you can use a single clamp from a set of battery cables attached to the negative terminal and clip onto that.To properly test for a parasitic draw, use a multimeter that has clip-on connectors. (you can get clip-on connectors from Amazon). Disconnect the negative cable and clip the negative from the multi-meter to it. Clip the positive lead from the multi-meter to the positive battery cable that is still connected to the battery. Have your multi-meter set to AMPS, not Milliamps. (Don't burn out the fuse of your multi-meter). Now, with the doors closed and all lights off, watch the amperage. With the electronics active it might be a few amps. Let the car electronics "go to sleep" which will take 10-20 minutes. You'll see the amperage drop off. It everything was OK, there should be 40-50 milliamps of draw to power the clock and alarm system. If after 30 minutes, you still have a big draw, start pulling fuses one by one.
I need to correct one item. You clip the positive lead from the multimeter to the negative terminal., not the the positive battery cable. That way the multimeter is in series with the battery. If your clip is small you can use a single clamp from a set of battery cables attached to the negative terminal and clip onto that.
How do you eat an elephant?Battery (open-circuit) voltage came back up to 12.38 from 12.24 over night. I did measure the voltage soon after messing with everything from the doors to the rear gate, so that checks.
@JimPghPA This 14 Forester’s keyless entry is identical.
It‘s hard to half-split the problem when it won’t even present itself for multiple days. The only thing I have found is that it’s true that the hatch being open causes a pretty significant draw and would explain my results, if it would just present itself.
How do you eat an elephant?
One bite at a time.
Been Better lately.. . Had a rough stretch for awhile about 3 months ago. And it lasted a bit there.
It has been nice feeling up to going to 3 large stores in a day. And able to do that and feel fairly good while doing that too.
Only had one rough day in the last 3 weeks. I crashed for about a day and a half.
Been rolling pretty good since.
I had a bad habit of leaving my map light on or my trunk lid ajar in my garage. If I didn't drive for several days I might have a flat battery.Checked the voltage this afternoon and 11.95VDC. Charging currently. Car was driven a good amount Saturday, 10 miles or so yesterday and the day before. It should be driven enough to maintain the voltage around full.
Will perform another draw test tonight to see *** is going on.
I had a bad habit of leaving my map light on or my trunk lid ajar in my garage. If I didn't drive for several days I might have a flat battery.
Since I replaced the dome, map lights and trunk lights with LED bulbs, no more issues.
I've still left the lights on. But the LEDs draw so much less that I've not been caught out by my own inattentiveness.
It usually happens when I'm on-call and have had a long day, followed by WFH or a weekend without driving...
If your issue is leaving lights on, perhaps replacing bulbs with their equivalent LEDs is a mitigation strategy.