I have a draw what to do??

[peter at thescirocco.com (Peter)]

Hook up an ammeter between the battery's positive terminal, and the positive 
battery cable.

Measure the current, and then remove each fuse in the fuse panel, until you 
get to the circuit that's causing the drain.

Depending on what circuit it is, you might be able to install a switch, or 
do away with it.

Peter - 302.832.8989
thescirocco.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin S" <optimus234@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: I have a draw what to do??


> Thanks to everyone for all the help. I will take all this new knowledge 
> and takle the wiring asap.
>
> Thanks again I really appreciate it.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>>From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
>>Reply-To: <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
>>To: " Kevin S " <optimus234@hotmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: I have a draw what to do??
>>Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:17:39 -0500
>>
>>On 8:52 pm 02/01/07 "Kevin S" <optimus234@hotmail.com> 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
>> >
>>Typical path is battery positive to a coloured wire with a female
>>connector, to the device, to the chassis/ground/battery negative. They 
>>pass
>>through the main fuse panel at some point, usually before going to the
>>device.
>>
>>(Just try for a moment to visualize that, and you'll understand a lot of
>>the wiring on your car, it's just a path that goes from one end of the
>>battery to the other, with a bunch of other stuff in the way; fuses and
>>relays to protect stuff, switches for convenience, and of course the thing
>>you want to work, the "load", like a radio or wiper motor. That sort of
>>shit.)
>>
>>If there's demand for too much current, it will melt the fuse, the fuse
>>will save the device by melting away and preventing current flow to the
>>device. Electrons will find their way back to the battery if the main
>>ground cable from the negative to the chassis is in good shape, or that's
>>the way I look at it. I look at the chassis as a big river of electrons
>>flowing back to the battery.
>>Stock ground wires are usually brown, and there are a few "test 
>>connectors"
>>in many VeeDubs that do nothing, they're just there for the guys at the
>>dealership to hook up for diagnostics. So, if it goes "to" the device, 
>>it's
>>likely a colourful wire with a female cannector, in which case, it's not
>>doing squat if it's not hooked up! (as long as it's not got metal hitting
>>the chassis) And if it's a ground wire, it just leads back to the chassis,
>>which is like a big river of electrons going back to the battery negative,
>>or that's the way the wiring diagrams read. Really, the electrons come 
>>from
>>the negative terminal since they have a negative charge, but who cares,
>>they make the circuit one way or another. I've always found radios and 
>>head
>>units to be the source of my battery discharging grief, try pulling the
>>fuses one at a time to see which one kills the offending circuit.
>>Like it or not, you will have to trouble shoot wiring issues on these 
>>cars,
>>so may as well embrace the challenge!  If I can do it, you can too!
>>GL finding the draw, it'll be a big pain in the ass, but what the heck eh?
>>Cathy
>>
>
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