Alternator, Battery, or wiring issue?

[Lumpy Grits]

I know LG - just put the damn diode in you stubborn bastard


Wooly

YUP
LG

 

[Woolyworm]

Diodes in the mail. With the cluster fuse out, battery dead this morning. Charged battery. Pulled all of the accessory wires from the fuse box. Reworded a few cesspit connections to simplify things. Check for amp drain. No amp drain present. Good grief. Maybe my ignition switch causing an intermittent drain? Anyway, I wired to 12v outlet as the only item on u switched bat hot lead from fuse box so I can run my trickle charger through it at night until I get this resolved.


Wooly

 

[Lumpy Grits]

A dirty ign switch can do just that.
Blow the heck out of the switch with compressed air while working the switch back and forth.
Good luck!!
LG

 

[Woolyworm]

So after all this including a new ignition switch - still draining. Took it out, full overnight charge, tested at advance - 68 CCA - back to Sears - tested bad, replaced battery. Good grief.


Wooly

 

[jdcaples]

So after all this t-shooting, it ended up being a broken battery, or did the persistent parasitic drain kill it?

-Jon

 

[Woolyworm]

I'm hoping the battery was the culprit all along!


Wooly

 

[Hedgehog]

The good of all this is that you have cleaned up some potential problems and did some maintenance on others. That in itself should be comforting in some way.

 

[jdcaples]

I'm hoping the battery was the culprit all along!
Wooly

How're things after a half-dozen days, or so?

-Jon

 

[Woolyworm]

Seems to be doing fine so I'm pretty convinced it was the bat all along. Odd since the first time I took it to Sears they tested it as okay. Working well now. Battery is a Diehard Gold AGM.


Wooly