Dead Battery
my 95 discovery battery is aways dead i charge it and a few hours later its dead again. Can anyone tell e what it may be.
Last edited by jameschristianfuller@hotmail.com; Jul 22, 2012 at 03:19 PM.
Get a little tail light. A small bulb.
Pull the negative off of the battery.
wire the bulb in so that one end of the bulb goes to the battery, the other end to the (-) cable.
Take out the keys.
Close all the doors.
The bulb should be OUT and dead.
If it is glowing, there is a drain.
Get a bigger bulb like a brake lamp or tail light and see if that bulb glows.
That one takes more current.
If it glows, then pull out fuses one by one and only one at a time until the bulb goes out.
When the bulb goes out, note the fuse #.
Look it up in the Owner's manual..
Commonly:
1) Your battery has an internal short and is a bad battery
2) Your alternator has a shorted diode and is drawing current. You need to remove the wires of the alternator to test this.
Anyway, this is how to troubleshoot it.
Good luck.
Pull the negative off of the battery.
wire the bulb in so that one end of the bulb goes to the battery, the other end to the (-) cable.
Take out the keys.
Close all the doors.
The bulb should be OUT and dead.
If it is glowing, there is a drain.
Get a bigger bulb like a brake lamp or tail light and see if that bulb glows.
That one takes more current.
If it glows, then pull out fuses one by one and only one at a time until the bulb goes out.
When the bulb goes out, note the fuse #.
Look it up in the Owner's manual..
Commonly:
1) Your battery has an internal short and is a bad battery
2) Your alternator has a shorted diode and is drawing current. You need to remove the wires of the alternator to test this.
Anyway, this is how to troubleshoot it.
Good luck.
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