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by **trueno_20v** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:08 pm

my one is a champion powerplus

by **3T-Rona** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:17 am

loose_unit wrote:The batteries from supercheap are supplied from Century Batteries and have nothing to do with them other than the fact that the super force label is stuck to them.

The bosch ones from there are very good batteries and yield very little problems.

strange then that i have problems with them all the time, i would guess that theyre not centuaries top of the line other wise it would be stupid for them to supply them to someone who's going to sell them cheaper than they will.

by **matt dunn** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:16 pm

3T-Rona wrote:
loose_unit wrote:The batteries from supercheap are supplied from Century Batteries and have nothing to do with them other than the fact that the super force label is stuck to them.

The bosch ones from there are very good batteries and yield very little problems.

strange then that i have problems with them all the time, i would guess that theyre not centuaries top of the line other wise it would be stupid for them to supply them to someone who's going to sell them cheaper than they will.

I think you will find the reason for that is that they have sat around for so long. If you know how to read the codes in the case you can tell.

We sell batteries at work and go through enough of them to keep them up to date, between 10 to 50 per week, ( record is about 30 in 1 day in winter) unlike some of them that just get new date stickers put on them.

by **RedMist** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:40 pm

Its certainly not the alt, and I doubt its the battery.

Personally I think its an electrical fault. Possibly a short that drains the battery overnight.

You may wish to disconnect the battery when you stop it one night, then re-connect it the next morning before starting. If it starts then you have a short.

by **trueno_20v** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:33 pm

RedMist wrote:Its certainly not the alt, and I doubt its the battery.

Personally I think its an electrical fault. Possibly a short that drains the battery overnight.

You may wish to disconnect the battery when you stop it one night, then re-connect it the next morning before starting. If it starts then you have a short.

yea, it started this morning sweet for some reason, i will see if it starts tomorrow morning aswell..weird

by **trueno_20v** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:00 pm

Has been flat most mornings since.. so i got the multi meter out and when everythings off (as it would be at night) something was draining 0.25 amp, so i started pulling fuses out and when i pulled the "dome" fuse out it droped right down to 0.05 amp, so left it over night and it started perfect in the morning, also with that "dome" fuse out obviously my inside light dosnt go but also my stereo and clock, so i thought id pt the fuse back in and unplug the stereo and clock to see if it was them that could have been draining th power but still got the same reading ( 0.25 with stereo and clock unplugged) so does anyone know what else feeds off this "dome" power? its a constant 12v ( my stereo is running the memory of it)

by **matt dunn** » Wed May 17, 2006 11:02 pm

boot light, glove box light, any lights in the sun visors, lights in the doors,

that sort of stuff

by **trueno_20v** » Wed May 17, 2006 11:05 pm

Yea i only have the inside roof light and a boot light, i have dissconected both and there was still the same drain

by **rolla_fxgt** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:24 am

its not a brake light problem is it? Thats what i got mine down to that was taking a drain off the battery. It was just ever so slightly loose & it was drawing enought to almost drain the batterey. Same sort of batterey as your running

by **trueno_20v** » Thu May 18, 2006 10:37 pm

rolla_fxgt wrote:its not a brake light problem is it? Thats what i got mine down to that was taking a drain off the battery. It was just ever so slightly loose & it was drawing enought to almost drain the batterey. Same sort of batterey as your running

na defanitly not brake lights its something feeding off the "dome" power, does anyone know what else could be running off this to drain it?

by **gepsk8** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:44 pm

try unplug after market gear.
alarm, turbo timer, boost gauge, etc

by **rolla_fxgt** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:54 pm

I thought the dome curcuit included the brake lights too? Well i know it does on corona's

by **trueno_20v** » Sat May 27, 2006 7:07 pm

Turned out to be the factory amp under the passengers seat, pulled it apart and it looks like its water damaged somehow

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