98 GRAND CHEROKEE BATTERY BEING DRAINED
 

As indicated something is killing my battery, Thought it was the battery
myself because I had just recently replaced the headlight module after is
shorted out and left the headlight on to drain the battery.
Now the battery is being drained. Brand new battery drained in three days.
Any ideas. Hate electrical don't want to pay 85 an hour for diagnosing.


Matt
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves

Re: 98 GRAND CHEROKEE BATTERY BEING DRAINED
 

What I would do would be to take off the negative cable at the battery
and put a VOM in series with the battery and cable with the VOM set to
the highest current reading. Once I knew how much is being drawn from
the battery, I could make a conclusion as to if it is the battery or
something in the Jeep that is drawing too much current. If there is a
large current draw (more than one or two hundred milliamperes), I
would start pulling fuses until the culprit is identified. You have
to be careful using a VOM as they won't handle much current. You want
to make sure nothing is on that you can see, like the hood lamp,
interior lamps, etc. You don't want to fry the VOM too!

On Sat, 7 May 2005 15:48:33 -0400, "JEEPR" <YJJPS@nospam@yahoo.ca>
wrote:

>As indicated something is killing my battery, Thought it was the battery
>myself because I had just recently replaced the headlight module after is
>shorted out and left the headlight on to drain the battery.
>Now the battery is being drained. Brand new battery drained in three days.
>Any ideas. Hate electrical don't want to pay 85 an hour for diagnosing.
>
>
> Matt
> 0|||||||0
>Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves
>

Re: 98 GRAND CHEROKEE BATTERY BEING DRAINED
 

What I would do would be to take off the negative cable at the battery
and put a VOM in series with the battery and cable with the VOM set to
the highest current reading. Once I knew how much is being drawn from
the battery, I could make a conclusion as to if it is the battery or
something in the Jeep that is drawing too much current. If there is a
large current draw (more than one or two hundred milliamperes), I
would start pulling fuses until the culprit is identified. You have
to be careful using a VOM as they won't handle much current. You want
to make sure nothing is on that you can see, like the hood lamp,
interior lamps, etc. You don't want to fry the VOM too!

On Sat, 7 May 2005 15:48:33 -0400, "JEEPR" <YJJPS@nospam@yahoo.ca>
wrote:

>As indicated something is killing my battery, Thought it was the battery
>myself because I had just recently replaced the headlight module after is
>shorted out and left the headlight on to drain the battery.
>Now the battery is being drained. Brand new battery drained in three days.
>Any ideas. Hate electrical don't want to pay 85 an hour for diagnosing.
>
>
> Matt
> 0|||||||0
>Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves
>

Re: 98 GRAND CHEROKEE BATTERY BEING DRAINED
 

What I would do would be to take off the negative cable at the battery
and put a VOM in series with the battery and cable with the VOM set to
the highest current reading. Once I knew how much is being drawn from
the battery, I could make a conclusion as to if it is the battery or
something in the Jeep that is drawing too much current. If there is a
large current draw (more than one or two hundred milliamperes), I
would start pulling fuses until the culprit is identified. You have
to be careful using a VOM as they won't handle much current. You want
to make sure nothing is on that you can see, like the hood lamp,
interior lamps, etc. You don't want to fry the VOM too!

On Sat, 7 May 2005 15:48:33 -0400, "JEEPR" <YJJPS@nospam@yahoo.ca>
wrote:

>As indicated something is killing my battery, Thought it was the battery
>myself because I had just recently replaced the headlight module after is
>shorted out and left the headlight on to drain the battery.
>Now the battery is being drained. Brand new battery drained in three days.
>Any ideas. Hate electrical don't want to pay 85 an hour for diagnosing.
>
>
> Matt
> 0|||||||0
>Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves
>

Re: 98 GRAND CHEROKEE BATTERY BEING DRAINED
 

What I would do would be to take off the negative cable at the battery
and put a VOM in series with the battery and cable with the VOM set to
the highest current reading. Once I knew how much is being drawn from
the battery, I could make a conclusion as to if it is the battery or
something in the Jeep that is drawing too much current. If there is a
large current draw (more than one or two hundred milliamperes), I
would start pulling fuses until the culprit is identified. You have
to be careful using a VOM as they won't handle much current. You want
to make sure nothing is on that you can see, like the hood lamp,
interior lamps, etc. You don't want to fry the VOM too!

On Sat, 7 May 2005 15:48:33 -0400, "JEEPR" <YJJPS@nospam@yahoo.ca>
wrote:

>As indicated something is killing my battery, Thought it was the battery
>myself because I had just recently replaced the headlight module after is
>shorted out and left the headlight on to drain the battery.
>Now the battery is being drained. Brand new battery drained in three days.
>Any ideas. Hate electrical don't want to pay 85 an hour for diagnosing.
>
>
> Matt
> 0|||||||0
>Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves
>

Re: 98 GRAND CHEROKEE BATTERY BEING DRAINED
 

Hi Matt,
An alternator diode may act like that, disconnect the alternator
form it's battery wire and put a ten dollar voltmeter in-between to
confirm it's leaking. If you accidentally lose connection with the
battery while it was run, or crossed polarity even for an instant the
alternator is history.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

JEEPR wrote:
>
> As indicated something is killing my battery, Thought it was the battery
> myself because I had just recently replaced the headlight module after is
> shorted out and left the headlight on to drain the battery.
> Now the battery is being drained. Brand new battery drained in three days.
> Any ideas. Hate electrical don't want to pay 85 an hour for diagnosing.
>
> Matt
> 0|||||||0
> Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves

Re: 98 GRAND CHEROKEE BATTERY BEING DRAINED
 

Hi Matt,
An alternator diode may act like that, disconnect the alternator
form it's battery wire and put a ten dollar voltmeter in-between to
confirm it's leaking. If you accidentally lose connection with the
battery while it was run, or crossed polarity even for an instant the
alternator is history.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

JEEPR wrote:
>
> As indicated something is killing my battery, Thought it was the battery
> myself because I had just recently replaced the headlight module after is
> shorted out and left the headlight on to drain the battery.
> Now the battery is being drained. Brand new battery drained in three days.
> Any ideas. Hate electrical don't want to pay 85 an hour for diagnosing.
>
> Matt
> 0|||||||0
> Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves

Re: 98 GRAND CHEROKEE BATTERY BEING DRAINED
 

Hi Matt,
An alternator diode may act like that, disconnect the alternator
form it's battery wire and put a ten dollar voltmeter in-between to
confirm it's leaking. If you accidentally lose connection with the
battery while it was run, or crossed polarity even for an instant the
alternator is history.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

JEEPR wrote:
>
> As indicated something is killing my battery, Thought it was the battery
> myself because I had just recently replaced the headlight module after is
> shorted out and left the headlight on to drain the battery.
> Now the battery is being drained. Brand new battery drained in three days.
> Any ideas. Hate electrical don't want to pay 85 an hour for diagnosing.
>
> Matt
> 0|||||||0
> Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves

Re: 98 GRAND CHEROKEE BATTERY BEING DRAINED
 

Hi Matt,
An alternator diode may act like that, disconnect the alternator
form it's battery wire and put a ten dollar voltmeter in-between to
confirm it's leaking. If you accidentally lose connection with the
battery while it was run, or crossed polarity even for an instant the
alternator is history.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

JEEPR wrote:
>
> As indicated something is killing my battery, Thought it was the battery
> myself because I had just recently replaced the headlight module after is
> shorted out and left the headlight on to drain the battery.
> Now the battery is being drained. Brand new battery drained in three days.
> Any ideas. Hate electrical don't want to pay 85 an hour for diagnosing.
>
> Matt
> 0|||||||0
> Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves

Re: 98 GRAND CHEROKEE BATTERY BEING DRAINED
 

you want your jeep fixed but you don't know how to do it, but yet you don't
want ot pay anyone to fix it ! you don't want much

JEEPR wrote:

> As indicated something is killing my battery, Thought it was the battery
> myself because I had just recently replaced the headlight module after is
> shorted out and left the headlight on to drain the battery.
> Now the battery is being drained. Brand new battery drained in three days.
> Any ideas. Hate electrical don't want to pay 85 an hour for diagnosing.
>
> Matt
> 0|||||||0
> Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves