i think distro block is draining battery. help...

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

okay i tested my battery and it's at 12.63v, cause i drove it today. i disconnected the inline fuse that powers the amps. im gonna see where the voltage is at over the next couple of days. testing it everyday to see where the voltage stands. if voltage remains the same then the power draw has to be coming from the distro block, if the voltage still drops as it has been normally then the draw is in the HU although there is wirenuts on all wires connecting the HU

OR your battery could be going bad and won't hold a charge over an extended period? is that possible? How old is your battery and what kind is it?

 

[Arawak420 10+ year member]

its a brand new yellow top. i've had it for about a month. the old battery was doing the same thing, but it was new also just wasn't a yellow..

these LED lights on the distro block have me really confused/wiery..

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

An LED draws very very little, most likely would not kill your battery after 3 days, but you have taken steps to verify this.

 

[Arawak420 10+ year member]

right on. i taped up the ends of the speaker wires coming out of the harness. dont know if they play a role in current draw if they are touching metal..

 

[jrz126 10+ year member]

sounds like a bad cell in the battery. My dad had 2 go bad within 2 weeks, which were brand new.

and the led draws ~0.030 A, which definitly isnt your problem.

 

[Arawak420 10+ year member]

i beleive i found the problem. last night i tested the pole at the battery and they read 12.63v. i disconnected the inline anl fuse that leads to the distro block and the 2 amps. i did this to see if the battery was still going to drain and if the battery drained any then i knew it was in the stereo somewhere.

well i woke up this morning and the poles read 12.40v, which i then knew i had to find the culprit in the HU.

i had the ACC wire wired to the constant Battery wire instead of to the ignition switch so i could listen while the car was off w/out the key in the ignition. i found that this ACC being wired straight to the Batteries constant wire was draining the battery eventhough the stereo was off.

i disconnected the ACC wire and the stereo wouldn't power up at all. so i got a test light and tested a few wires around the loose wires that were previously used for the stock radio. with the key in the ignition turned to the ACC postion i found a hot wire that stays on when the key is in and not hot when the key is removed which made me beleive that this was the current stock ACC wire. i used it and now i have to have the key in the ignition to listen to the radio. (not a problem though).

all cool though i beleive now, when i turn my car off the stereo now turns of without me manually having to turn it off when i leave the car.

it even said in the manual that if the ACC wire isn't connected to the ignition wire that it will drain the battery even when the stereo is off. so basically my batt drain was becasue i had the ACC conected to a constant hot.

im going to check her tomorrow to make sure that she doesnt drop anymore than the 12.40v that she dropped to over night.....