With a cold beer.I am just about done now, it was 47c when i was laying the flooring in the conservatory
so i might be able to enjoy the hot spell on the patio
Did you seal the patio? My friend has just had a new one laid and had a barbecue the other weekend he's now got lots of grease stains on it
With a cold beer.
Confused as my meter has only two probe ports, the YouTube guy had more. However, I have a position on the rotary dial, far right setting, see pic that brings up what I think is amps? DC also comes up in the LCD screen which isn't clear in the 2nd pic.So if you unplug the RF receiver then the car has to be locked/unlocked with the key in the door? I can live with that.
I don't have the EKA code and although the battery has been on and off multiple times the radio has never needed a code inputting and the alarm has never gone off and it just starts, like cars of old.
Just been looking at parasitic draw videos and learnt some more, 50ma draw max once everything's gone to sleep (how long does that take on these?) Connect meter between battery neg not positive, set meter to 10 or 20 amps, disconnect meter when opening doors, don't crank etc or the meter will toast itself.
Nipping out to see if my meter does DC amps, never looked
Too risky for the meters health then
We are well, after having to move house twice in the last year or so - first time moving out to the west country for work, and then again when the MoD wanted their house back (review of their married quarter estate and our house was one due to be handed back) we have hopefully settled for a long while now where we are in North Dorset....hoping to get online more often when I can between work and kids....hopefully!
( fecking scary given the price difference ) .... )
Cheers SimAll that faff can be avoided* by measuring the voltage drop across fuses / using a DC clamp meter like the Uni-T 210E :-
I tried putting a link in here - but it didn't work - search on the zone for B00O1Q2HOQ
There are other Uni-T models which are better ( and more expensive ) ... I've had one of these for a few years now, and found it better than my Fluke kit from a repeatability point of view
* = make sure any bonnet switch is held in the closed position, so the car thinks the bonnet is shut, and you can watch the various modules go to sleep - write the times down for future reference ! ( it's exciting this troubleshooting electronics init ?!?!!?
I agree that the most likely cause of overnight battery drain is a knackered diode in the alternator - guess you get to upgrade your alternator sooner rather than later
if you ask halfords, they will likely say the battery is perfectly good.
Unfortunately not. I've had it since the early 90's. I've been googling but some descriptions are vague...Screwfix do a maypole one for £45 iirc , good reviews and cheaper elsewhere but I'm unsure if reconditioning and desulfering are the same thing
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