Need suggestions on my bad parasitic battery draw
I went to get something out of my car friday morning and noticed my door ajar indicator light on the dash was not lit up. I tried to lock and unlock my doors and nothing happens at all. Well found out the battery was drained completely...only registering a mere 9 volts. I did some diagnosing and came to conclusing its the battery since I jumped the car and disconnected the battery and the car still idled.
I have a Odyssey PC680 battery and it has a 3 year warranty, so I took it back to where I bought it. They tested it and concluded it had a bad cell and replaced it with a brand new one. Before they gave it to me they checked the voltage and it registered a healthy 12.64v. I get home and hook the new battery up and everything is normal. I was doing random things around the house for a few hours and decided to make sure everything was still normal in the car. Well...nothing, no door ajar indicator light lit up and power door locks barely have enough power to lock. Disconnected the battery and tested and, it was down to 11.4 volts. :confused:
I trickled charged the battery and did some research to diag battery drain and parasitic draw. I let the battery charge for awhile which worked out fine since I had to go to my future sister in laws house to help do some stuff for their wedding next weekend. I let it charge overnight and got up early this morning and it was fully charged. I started diagnosing where I was getting my battery draw from.
These are the sites I got my diagnosing steps from:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2249402_find...paign=yssp_art
http://flashoffroad.com/electrical/B...teryDrain.html
http://www.aa1car.com/library/battery_runs_down.htm
First step is to see if I was actually getting a bad parasitic draw. I was registering a constant 9 volt draw.:smt105 That is alot compared to the average normal parasitic draw of .35.
I did the pulling of the fuses from the motor bay and my 9 volt draw didn't not go down. I rechecked wiring in the motor bay etc etc and didn't see anything. I recently replaced my alternator a month ago and Wednesday I replaced my alternator belt. I bad alternator diode is usually the cause of a bad voltage draw so I disconnected the wire from the alternator that I believe runs to the positive battery cable. I did this to see if the alternator was the problem of my 9 volt draw. I disconnected the wires to the alternator and I am still getting the 9 volt draw.
I checked my radio for its connections and just disconnected totally and I am still getting the same 9 volt draw.
I checked all the fuses in the motor bay..but haven't done the fuse box in under the dash yet.
Does anyone here have a idea or suggestion what the hell is causing a constant 9 volt draw?:smt105