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I have a draw what to do??
No :-)
Think about it. Say yo have a small "D" or "AA" battery. If it just
sits there not connected to anything, it will remain charged for a long
time.
Now connect a single piece of wire to the bottom, the negative end.
What happens? Nothing.
Connect another single piece of wire to the top. Still nothing.
No current "flows" in those pieces of wire because they just hang
there not connected to anything.
That is the same with the loose wires that you have. No current is
flowing, they are not causing the drain.
But if you short them, enough current will flow to cause the wires to
heat and melt the plastic insulation. This is what wlll happen if you go
through with your idea to ground the loose wires. Leave them alone.
The other wires are connected to what? The clock? The radio? a tape
deck? an amplifier? The rear window defogger?
How about trying to remove half the fuses one night and see what happens.
If the battery still drains, remove the other half too
If the battery still drains, something that does not go through the
fuses is draining the battery.
If the battery does not drain, put only half the fuses you removed
back, and so on until you find which fuse(s) causes the drain, at which
point you will know what the problem is.
A faster way would be to have an electrical meter and working your way
through the maze, but you say you do not understand cabling, so the
tedious way is the simplest for you.
Good luck! :-)
Jean-Claude
Kevin S wrote:
> The battery is fine if disconnected over night. Yes they just hang
> there. But I could have wired some stuff that doesnt do anything.
> Could these connected wires cause the draw??
>
> So what I get from what you said is. I gotta disconnect the wires that
> do nothing. Because they are in a loop they would cause a draw??
>
> Kevin
>
>
>> From: Jean-Claude D?sinor <desinor@sympatico.ca>
>> Reply-To: desinor@sympatico.ca
>> To: Kevin S <optimus234@hotmail.com>
>> CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> Subject: Re: I have a draw what to do??
>> Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:07:03 -0500
>>
>> By "loose wires", do you mean they are not connected to anything?
>> Current circulates in a loop: if it gets out to some device, it
>> needs another wire or path to go back in (sort of). So if the wire
>> just hangs there and is not connected to anything, it cannot drain
>> the battery.
>> If you disconnect the battery overnight, completely, is it
>> discharged in the morning?
>>
>> Jean-Claude
>>
>> Kevin S wrote:
>>> Im no good at wiring. I have a bad current flow the battery goes
>>> dead over night. I know I have some loose wires because the wiring
>>> harnesses are from different scirocco's put together. Everything
>>> works that I want to work in the car. I have some loose wires not
>>> sure what they are for.
>>>
>>> I was hoping I could take out these wires and that it would get ride
>>> of the current flow?
>>> What is the best way of going about this?
>>>
>>> Should I go after all my ground wires and the ones that are useless
>>> just get rid of?? Would they be creating the draw??
>>>
>>> Again I don't really understand wiring, I guess my mind just has a
>>> hard time understanding it.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: T Berk <bayareaberk@yahoo.com>
>>>> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>>> Subject: Re: I have a draw what to do??
>>>> Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 16:54:14 -0800 (PST)
>>>>
>>>> > > Kevin S <optimus234@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > > I have some live wires. Will this cause a draw
>>>> > on the battery? If
>>>> > > so can I just ground these wires? or should I run
>>>> > them back and see
>>>> > > if I can take them out??
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Kevin
>>>> > >
>>>>
>>>> Kevin,
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I can help.
>>>>
>>>> - 'Live' wires means they have electricity running
>>>> through them, but if they are not connected at one end
>>>> they aren't 'drawing' any current. So if they are just
>>>> loose wires cap them as Julie suggests.
>>>>
>>>> - Grounding said live wires WILL create a current
>>>> flow, creating that pesky draw you are either after to
>>>> get some work done OR want to avoid (and in doing so
>>>> avoid also smoking wires and draining batteries.)
>>>>
>>>> It's not really like plumbing or airflow, you don't
>>>> really have to run a loose wire TO anything if it's
>>>> not needed.
>>>>
>>>> Now, on the other hand, if you have some unexplained
>>>> current flow and it's draining a battery down, say
>>>> overnight or a long weekend then you should really
>>>> track something like that down and fix it.
>>>>
>>>> Can you 'splain some more as to what the wires
>>>> are/were and perhaps what color they are?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> hth,
>>>> TBerk
>>>> mmmm, electrons- yummy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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