Parasitic current draw on tow vehicle
My 2002 Honda CRV seems to lose its battery charge if it sits for a couple of days. The battery has tested good at both NAPA and at Autozone. I tried testing for draw with my cheap VOM by undoing ...
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Shred,
Stop working so hard. Get a very small 12V bulb, two alligator clips and some wire. Make the wire long enough so you can see the bulb from the area of the fuse panel. Make it up so the bulb is between the two clips and disconnect a battery cable. When you put the bulb between the battery and it cable, if it lights, you have a problem.
Modern vehicle keep-alive power for the computer should not light the bulb. So, if the bulb lights, start pulling fuses. If you have had anything like a sound system added to the vehicle, be sure to include that in the fuse pulling.
When the light goes out, you found the problem.
Matt
Stop working so hard. Get a very small 12V bulb, two alligator clips and some wire. Make the wire long enough so you can see the bulb from the area of the fuse panel. Make it up so the bulb is between the two clips and disconnect a battery cable. When you put the bulb between the battery and it cable, if it lights, you have a problem.
Modern vehicle keep-alive power for the computer should not light the bulb. So, if the bulb lights, start pulling fuses. If you have had anything like a sound system added to the vehicle, be sure to include that in the fuse pulling.
When the light goes out, you found the problem.
Matt
