tanstaafl
10-26-2006, 10:56 PM
Hi,
I've got a 1986 Honda accord, and recently my battery has been going dead on me overnight.
to troubleshoot the problem i unhooked a battery lead then left the car overnight. I hooked it back up in the morning and it started up fine.
So It looks to me like there's probably an electrical short somewhere draining it.
There's a couple possibilities the way i see it.
In the last week or so the break lamp warning light has been on.. I figured that was nothing since the break lights were still working. Now i'm not so sure its not on because of a short..
The other possibility is the new sub/amp I had installed. I'm thinking of unhooking the wire to the amp while still leaving the battery hooked up overnight to see if the amp is the cause..
does that reasoning seem sound to everyone?
Also does anyone have any suggestions to narrow down the problem?
I'm a real noob when it comes to mechanics or electronics, so please, be easy on me :-)
:cheers:
Thanks
I've got a 1986 Honda accord, and recently my battery has been going dead on me overnight.
to troubleshoot the problem i unhooked a battery lead then left the car overnight. I hooked it back up in the morning and it started up fine.
So It looks to me like there's probably an electrical short somewhere draining it.
There's a couple possibilities the way i see it.
In the last week or so the break lamp warning light has been on.. I figured that was nothing since the break lights were still working. Now i'm not so sure its not on because of a short..
The other possibility is the new sub/amp I had installed. I'm thinking of unhooking the wire to the amp while still leaving the battery hooked up overnight to see if the amp is the cause..
does that reasoning seem sound to everyone?
Also does anyone have any suggestions to narrow down the problem?
I'm a real noob when it comes to mechanics or electronics, so please, be easy on me :-)
:cheers:
Thanks