Tarzan
Member Since: 14 Oct 2010
Location: South Africa
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Please help. I replaced my battery because of this. My TDV6 is standing for a day the the battery is dead. Could it be the altenator. Agents diagnostics show no fault on the altenator or anywhere else. Charging is at 14.2V.
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 4th Jan 2011 2:16 pm |
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Tawny Owl
Member Since: 22 Oct 2008
Location: Here and there
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If you have access to an amp clamp , go around all the wires on either the positive terminal or negative terminal , wait for the D3 to go to sleep and see what amps drain you are getting. Up to 0.2amp would be acceptable , anything over this , and I would imagine a lot higher reading for it to drain the battery over 1 day , you will need to find the circuit it's on 
You could try pulling a fuse one at a time with the help of an assistant which will point you closer to the fault.
If you haven't got an amp clamp then disconnect a battery terminal and use a multimeter on amps and put the meter in series (one end of the meter on battery post and other end of the meter on the terminal)
HTH
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| 4th Jan 2011 2:47 pm |
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blueanchorinn
D3 Decade
Member Since: 07 Mar 2006
Location: In a pub in Devon
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Stealer said there was nowt wrong with either my battery or alternator , 2 days later recovered back to them with a dead alternator  Pot Noodle Challenge Winner 2011
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| 4th Jan 2011 2:51 pm |
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Tarzan
Member Since: 14 Oct 2010
Location: South Africa
Posts: 19
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Thx Tawny Owl will try it tonight.
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| 4th Jan 2011 3:10 pm |
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Bushwanderer
Member Since: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia
Posts: 2050
 
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Tawny Owl wrote:`SNIP
If you haven't got an amp clamp then disconnect a battery terminal and use a multimeter on amps and put the meter in series (one end of the meter on battery post and other end of the meter on the terminal)
SNIP:
Make sure that you check the Amp range on whatever meter you use. You MAY need as much as 120Amps.
Best Wishes,
Peter The Bearded Dragon
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| 5th Jan 2011 3:34 am |
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