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Author Topic: battery draining MR.COUPE ¯ Member # 8410 posted                                 well it seems like my batterys being drained,it will start with a good battery and it will charge but if I leave the terminals on with the car off like not even 30 minutes later it will be completely dead, is there a way I can tell if its being drained? I have a volt meter, Posts: 117 | From: vacaville | Registered: May 2008  |  : SmokinLX ¯ Member # 1684 posted                              Sound's like You have something grounding out. Do a search for more info . -------------------- Dont claim power if ya cant mile per hour. 10 second AOD Posts: 4388 | From: East Bay | Registered: Aug 2002  |  : BCINGUU ¯ Member # 2397 posted                                 That is a very hard problem to solve, you have to go on a hunting expedition. Your voltmeter won't be much help. You want to look for light bulbs that stay on or a stereo or alarm system that's drawing too much power. Pull your fuses one at a time to see if you can narrow it down that way. If you want, you can hook up your voltmeter in amps mode and connect it between the battery and the cable (in line), then pull fuses to see if the amps go down. -------------------- 93 Cobra #4563 347ci 12.0@118 505rwhp 524tq 90 GT "Saleen Cobra" style convertible 347ci 67 GT "Eleanor" style coupe 347ci Posts: 1425 | From: San Jose, CA | Registered: Jan 2003  |  : *Als50* ¯ Member # 6003 posted                              had the same prob. turned out the dimmer switch kept the rearlite on an i wasnt able to see it. -------------------- '00XlRangerSlammed-'91Gt347Turbo-'93CalypsoSCFaleen FOXLIVESMATTER ---------------- *BlackGunsMatter* Posts: 1897 | From: La Bahia... | Registered: Sep 2005  |  : MR.COUPE ¯ Member # 8410 posted                                 thanks guys,problem solved, it accually ended up being my g3 alternator and how I had it set up. I had the wire that's for the battery light hooked straight to the battery.and the alternator was draining the battery. my fault Posts: 117 | From: vacaville | Registered: May 2008  |  :

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