battery drain

[BACAMICK]

hey guys is there any problems with battery going flat in the 2005 3l second week in a row ive had a totaly flat batt after 4 days just sitting there crds , thank you

[JamesLaugesen]

Originally Posted by BACAMICK

hey guys is there any problems with battery going flat in the 2005 3l second week in a row ive had a totaly flat batt after 4 days just sitting there crds , thank you

The WH's do have quite a lot parasitic drain (pretty much all modern cars do.), but only lasting 4 days is a bit excessive.
If it thinks anything is open (door, boot, bonnet, rear glass, etc, even if all the lights are off) it'll prevent the computers sleep, which would drain the battery in around 2-4 days. But you'd notice that as the dash would show "rear glass open" for example.

You might just have a crap battery. Do you have a clamp DC ammeter handy?

[BACAMICK]

guys i was wrong went tuesday night till sunday morn 5 days still not good , wen to auto today n it only draws 0.14 think it was , [acceptable] seems the new racv battery 14/5/15 isnt to good but passable enough for no warrenty , interesting he was saying the new holden statesmans go 3 days tops , had a isolater put in aswell , some times we dont drive for 2weeks , ill let yas no next week if it was a weaker battery

[JamesLaugesen]

Originally Posted by BACAMICK

guys i was wrong went tuesday night till sunday morn 5 days still not good , wen to auto today n it only draws 0.14 think it was , [acceptable] seems the new racv battery 14/5/15 isnt to good but passable enough for no warrenty , interesting he was saying the new holden statesmans go 3 days tops , had a isolater put in aswell , some times we dont drive for 2weeks , ill let yas no next week if it was a weaker battery

Dang.
If it's still a problem and the jeep is parked near your van, consider putting some solar panels on the van and charging back to the jeep.
That'll give multiple benefits for roughly the cost of another battery.

My WH sits for 2-3 months sometimes. Stays charged with panels on the roof (under a carport, but enough ambient light.) and keeps the fridge running for workshop drinks

[multihull]

I recently parked the Commander for 12 days while O/S and came back and the cars started with no issues. The battery is a 12 months old Century from Super Cheap :
http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/onl...ecommendations

[White Cloud]

hi all

First post using tapatalk so apologies for any errors.

My WH stands unused for long periods and always starts no problem - thats one of the many thiings i like about it.

Anyway from what you say - if its true the measured drain is 0.14 amp then thats about 3.5 amphour per day which over 10 days is 35 amphour which is a significant drain on the battery - which is probably irrepairably damaged by this long term drain. So now you have at least three faults - the weak battery itself the amount of the current drain and the source of the current drain.

What i would do is get a new quality battery and disconnect it each time the vehiclr is left for more than a few days. If the car restarts no problem when you reconnect the battery then yes there is a current drain problem. This can be solved using an inline current meter and removing fuses one by one looking for a sudden drop in current draw.

Also check that the correct charge voltage is being provided to the battery with the engine running.

Happy trails




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[BACAMICK]

thanks for the replys guys , it started today after 5 days with a premium batt in it ,18mths old outa my 2004 jeep i wrote off , i recon its the raa/racv battery that cant hold its own , although it test ok , but not super great on the manual tester machine down at the auto lec, remember this battery was bought from racv in may this yr , autolec said that racv battery are made ordanary so they can keep rd side assistance going lol this guy does raa call outs , apart from that i LOVE this newer jeep ill pick up a new van 2.6t next week n recon if i plant it to much the van WILL be left behind