P38A Tale of two faults fixed

Andy Burrell · Dec 20, 2022

As some of you will know I have had a long standing issue with the battery going flat for no obvious reason and then recently had the EAS pump have a catastrophic failure when it totally destroyed itself internally. Well it seems the two problems were related as since fitting the replacement pump the battery hasn't gone flat. It hasn't been on the Ctek for about two weeks and has started on the button every day through the freezing weather.
Probably put the mockers on it now by posting but thought an update was due.

Happy Christmas one and all

brianp38dse · Dec 20, 2022

Andy Burrell said:
As some of you will know I have had a long standing issue with the battery going flat for no obvious reason and then recently had the EAS pump have a catastrophic failure when it totally destroyed itself internally. Well it seems the two problems were related as since fitting the replacement pump the battery hasn't gone flat. It hasn't been on the Ctek for about two weeks and has started on the button every day through the freezing weather.
Probably put the mockers on it now by posting but thought an update was due.

Happy Christmas one and all

Well thats a new one to add to the list of possible battery drain and not one that stands out.

Grrrrrr · Dec 20, 2022

Andy Burrell said:
As some of you will know I have had a long standing issue with the battery going flat for no obvious reason and then recently had the EAS pump have a catastrophic failure when it totally destroyed itself internally. Well it seems the two problems were related as since fitting the replacement pump the battery hasn't gone flat. It hasn't been on the Ctek for about two weeks and has started on the button every day through the freezing weather.
Probably put the mockers on it now by posting but thought an update was due.

Happy Christmas one and all

Weird. The EAS should sleep so somehow it must have kept waking it up. There're only 3 wires to the compressor. It must have been something in the top of the pump, possibly thermal switch almost fried?

Andy Burrell · Dec 20, 2022

Grrrrrr said:
Weird. The EAS should sleep so somehow it must have kept waking it up. There're only 3 wires to the compressor. It must have been something in the top of the pump, possibly thermal switch almost fried?

Yep thermal switch had melted and disintegrated taking the brushes out and the the whole thing just burnt out. The awful smell of burnt motor windings was in my workshop for ages after.
Have pictures but it says I don't have permission to upload them

pwood999 · Dec 20, 2022

Copy image & the paste into forum thread.

Grrrrrr · Dec 20, 2022

Andy Burrell said:
Yep thermal switch had melted and disintegrated taking the brushes out and the the whole thing just burnt out. The awful smell of burnt motor windings was in my workshop for ages after.
Have pictures but it says I don't have permission to upload them

Think you have to reduce the size to less than 1MB.

Datatek · Dec 20, 2022

pwood999 said:
Copy image & the paste into forum thread.

I have never been able to copy and paste an image to a thread?

Jon Dor · Dec 20, 2022

Grrrrrr said:
Weird. The EAS should sleep so somehow it must have kept waking it up. There're only 3 wires to the compressor. It must have been something in the top of the pump, possibly thermal switch almost fried?

It's a Range Rover, so logic simply doesn't apply...weird DOES!

Andy Burrell · Dec 20, 2022

This is the message I get trying to upload a file even before I select a file to upload
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tycknjEAoBjs4jp97

Gord Wedman · Dec 20, 2022

I have been able to copy and paste on my desktop PC but not from my Samsung S22+ although I only tried that once when posting recently became a problem. Consequently if I take a photo with the phone I have to email it to myself to get it on the PC for posting. A bit of a nuisance for sure.

Datatek · Dec 21, 2022

Grrrrrr said:
Weird. The EAS should sleep so somehow it must have kept waking it up. There're only 3 wires to the compressor. It must have been something in the top of the pump, possibly thermal switch almost fried?

The EAS wakes up about every 6 hours.

Grrrrrr · Dec 21, 2022

Datatek said:
The EAS wakes up about every 6 hours.

Yes but only to check if it needs a quick level and it won't fire the compressor so should be OK.

P38A Tale of two faults fixed

Andy Burrell

Retired to the country

brianp38dse

Well-Known Member

Grrrrrr

Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd

Andy Burrell

Retired to the country

pwood999

Well-Known Member

Grrrrrr

Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd

Datatek

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Jon Dor

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Andy Burrell

Retired to the country

Gord Wedman

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Datatek

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Grrrrrr

Technician, Bodgit & Scarper Ltd

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