Originally Posted by Wolf359
Originally Posted by NDL
I made myself look like foolish all too easily, and I cannot edit the above post.
Of course I realize that pulling the battery cables will prevent any parasitic loss...
Yeah, you could also buy this quick disconnect so you don't have to keep loosing and tightening the connection every time. Also helps prevent car thefts.
https://www.amazon.com/Ampper-Battery-Disconnect-Isolator-Positive/dp/B07W4WBZS2
Thanks for the suggestion; I did get a battery disconnect device, until I can get down to the bottom of this.
Originally Posted by jjblbi
I usually get 6 or 7 years from my original equipment VW batteries. Admittedly i only do two starts daily each day before a 65 mile commute. One thing i do is turn off all unnecessary consumers (a/c or heat, defrosters, seat heaters, etc.) a few miles before I arrive at work or home. Good luck, John
Thank you Sir
Originally Posted by Bert_c
18 year old battery cables,check them thoroughly. As for batteries,Odyssey is the only battery made of 99.9% pure lead,not recycled. My buddy swears by them,but he always has to bigger and better every one.
I will check that, thanks. One of the issues reported with the Ranger, is that a dirty ground can cause issues.
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Originally Posted by honeeagle
Correct me if Iam wrong ,but newer cars will take up to 30 min or more to completely shut down.So wait before checking ,even that ranger could have a slight delay.
You made me feel a little better!
I finally got around to performing a test, and what I did is shut off everything, but I went out to the battery a minute or two after I shut everything down.
The reading on my multimeter registered at a solid 1.167 amps.
So you're saying that I should shut the whole thing down for a solid 30+ minutes? Is it possible that the high draw could simply be my ECM? I don't have electric locks/windows, an aftermarket stereo, etc
Assuming, for the moment, that the draw didn't come from the ECM, is 1.167 amps that bad? Shouldn't it be no more than 500 miliamps? Would it take a week plus to kill a battery, with a draw of 1167 miliamps? Moreover, if the system is pulling 1167 miliamps, is that something that *needs* to be fixed, or will it simply shorten my battery life?
Thanks in advance for your time, and for educating me...all of this is a learning curve, although once I accumulate an understanding of the system, I will have that knowledge for life
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