I have a draw what to do??

[jlagnese at massed.net (John S. Lagnese)]

Just a light works if you don't have an ammeter.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter" <peter@thescirocco.com>
To: "Kevin S" <optimus234@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: I have a draw what to do??


> 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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