rule andrews
New Member
This is my first post on this site, but I have been reading for awhile.
I'm having an issue that I cant seem to work out on my own.
Over the past couple of weeks, if my Civic sits for more then 24 hours, the voltage would be too low to turn the car over.
First thing I did was disconnect the negative cable and do an amp check. The parasitic draw is about 20 milliamps. No issue there and no need to start pulling fuses yet.
With the negative cable disconnected, I did a voltage check between the negative cable and the negative terminal on the battery and I'm getting 12.16 volts. Not good.
I started at the battery and the positive cable comes off the positive terminal in a Y splice. One side goes into the engine bay and the other side goes to the fuse panel under the hood.
When I disconnect the main feed to the fuse panel under the hood, the voltage drops to zero between the negative cable and negative terminal.
I reconnect the main feed to the panel and started with the main fuse for that panel. Pulled that fuse expecting the voltage to drop and then I can start to process of pulling other fuses one by one, but nothing happened. The voltage stays the same...
For shits and giggles, I just started pulling every fuse under the hood and in the car and not one fuse created any voltage drop over .2 of a volt....
Any ideas?
I'm having an issue that I cant seem to work out on my own.
Over the past couple of weeks, if my Civic sits for more then 24 hours, the voltage would be too low to turn the car over.
First thing I did was disconnect the negative cable and do an amp check. The parasitic draw is about 20 milliamps. No issue there and no need to start pulling fuses yet.
With the negative cable disconnected, I did a voltage check between the negative cable and the negative terminal on the battery and I'm getting 12.16 volts. Not good.
I started at the battery and the positive cable comes off the positive terminal in a Y splice. One side goes into the engine bay and the other side goes to the fuse panel under the hood.
When I disconnect the main feed to the fuse panel under the hood, the voltage drops to zero between the negative cable and negative terminal.
I reconnect the main feed to the panel and started with the main fuse for that panel. Pulled that fuse expecting the voltage to drop and then I can start to process of pulling other fuses one by one, but nothing happened. The voltage stays the same...
For shits and giggles, I just started pulling every fuse under the hood and in the car and not one fuse created any voltage drop over .2 of a volt....
Any ideas?