Hoping for advice from someone who's been down this road before....
My daughter's 1998 Civic DX hatchback (all stock) has had a prolblem with battery drain when it's not being driven on a regular basis. If the car isn't driven for a week or more, it's difficult to start. The previous owner replaced the battery but that didn't fix the problem.
This weekend I tested all the circuits for parasitic drain and found TWO issues:
ISSUE 1: The car has the original stock Honda AM/FM radio and single CD player. They are drawing 150 to 200 milliamps all by themselves. The CD player is actually on it's own circuit and appears to be drawing nearly all the amperage on this circuit....so I'll be off to get an aftermarket CD/radio installed. Easy enough.
ISSUE 2: The "interior lamp" circuit is drawing 80 to 100 milliamps, which is odd since the only "interior lamp" is the dome light. The ON/DOOR/OFF switch has a lot of slop in it so I'll be replacing that (if I can find one)....could that sloppy switch cause the extra draw, or should I be focusing on something elsewhere in that circuit?
Thanks in advance.
My daughter's 1998 Civic DX hatchback (all stock) has had a prolblem with battery drain when it's not being driven on a regular basis. If the car isn't driven for a week or more, it's difficult to start. The previous owner replaced the battery but that didn't fix the problem.
This weekend I tested all the circuits for parasitic drain and found TWO issues:
ISSUE 1: The car has the original stock Honda AM/FM radio and single CD player. They are drawing 150 to 200 milliamps all by themselves. The CD player is actually on it's own circuit and appears to be drawing nearly all the amperage on this circuit....so I'll be off to get an aftermarket CD/radio installed. Easy enough.
ISSUE 2: The "interior lamp" circuit is drawing 80 to 100 milliamps, which is odd since the only "interior lamp" is the dome light. The ON/DOOR/OFF switch has a lot of slop in it so I'll be replacing that (if I can find one)....could that sloppy switch cause the extra draw, or should I be focusing on something elsewhere in that circuit?
Thanks in advance.