RickHaleParker wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 11:52

Rossosaurus wrote: ↑02 Apr 2021, 11:40 I shall go and check those fuses tomorrow. Thanks.

See attached file. Start at the battery and work your way down branch by branch.

Be sure to check PF1 & PF2. It could be leakage through the starter or alternator.

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Awesome. Thanks!

I pulled out each fuse and relay individually while using a multimeter and none of them caused the current draw to drop. Any ideas on what else I could try? Did you go through both fuse panels? There are two. Bloody hell that was quick XD. Yeah went through both fuse boxes and have the bloody knuck...

Keep the batteries on a charger for a couple of weeks. There is a chance they are both sulfated from not being used enough. Float mode on the charger will reverse the sulfation and increase the capacity of the batteries. Depending on now bad the sulfation is it can take weeks to reverse it. Store u...

EDIT: I confirmed that the alarm only goes off when connecting a battery if the car is locked so I'm putting that down to being an anti-theft thing. Now I've just got to identify the drain. I checked with a multimeter and the drain is about half an amp. I pulled out each fuse and relay individually ...

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No worries. Happy to help.

Yes I do. What would be the best way to make it available to you?

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