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So i have yet another question that i need help on, and hope its just not limited to my car. If it sits more than id say a week if she isnt driving it goes deader than corpse ( how ironic huh). But i was just wondering if any one else has this problem. i think somethins stayin on that shoudlnt but what i have no idea cuz at night there is no light on so i have no clue, all though the window switch isnt in the car right so im just wondering if one of the wires are staying live, who knows lol. but no matter what its goin today to get the cradle fixed :-D
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The easiest way to solve the problem is disconnect the battery. I put a quick disconnect on my battery, so when I go to car shows I can leave the doors open. The only bad thing is, if you have a radio with presets you will have to reset the stations every time you drive. -
I leave a battery tender on mine when I don't drive her.Comment
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That's great, but like you said it means you lose your presets (which I never listened to the radio but I had the bal/fade/bass/treble set a certain way). I had some ground problems which kept draining it. I put in a switch and had to open the hood every time I wanted to start the car (which was an extra large pain in the ass in a michigan winter with a snow covered hood).Originally posted by Abnorml View Post
Get a second battery is my best advice. You can jump from one to the other if need be, and run a lot of shit off of the second which will help save the primary a bit too. Marine deepcycle batteries make great second batteries. I'd save up and get the largest one that will fit (if you have extra room for it).
Also you might want to take and clean the posts of the battery/connector terminals if it's caked in acid. Brian's car wouldn't start and that was the entire issue is that shit just needed to be cleaned.Comment
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have you cracked open the battery to see if it has enough fluid?Comment
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On my 80 S&S it was the factory radio, draining the battery. I pulled the fuse , and don't have this problem anymore. Now I gotta find a stereo for her.Comment
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What I did on my truck when it did that is I put a volt meter on the battery, it will show the voltage dropping. I disconnected one component at a time until the voltage drop stopped. You can unplug the components or pull fuses from the fuse panel. My issues was a bad relay that grounded out on my cooling fans.
When my hearse did it, it was a bad starter, that was obvious though, it was split open from the engine kicking back.Comment
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That is a pretty awesome idea. I should add though that when you do this you should have a friend to pull the fuses and read the meter since the fuse panel is inside the hearse (at least it was on the year I had, not sure when they changed that).Originally posted by kaptinkaos View PostComment
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Well i picked up the hearse today from the cradle swap and the guy who fixed it thinks it is the load equalizers in the back end, so he disconnected it and were gonna go from there so who knowsComment
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I use an ammeter, and pull one fuse or breaker at a time until the drain goes away, but I don't pull the radio memory circuit, which is usually an inline fuse.
Radios are supposed to draw some current to keep the station and clock memory. If there is more than about 150 mA drain on my battery, I get concerned, but otherwise, I just put on a solar battery charger so that I can park it as long as I want to. For cars that are parked in the shade, there are also electric bounce chargers that will keep your battery at the proper voltage.Comment
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