I have a draw what to do??

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@menloparkrandd.com)]

I had a similar problem, but it turned out that it was a bad connection from the alt to battery. Replaced the cable and the battery charged correctly.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kevin S [mailto:optimus234@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2007 09:15 PM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: I have a draw what to do??
>
>The battery is fine if disconnected over night. Yes they just hang there. 
>But I could have wired some stuff that doesnt do anything. Could these 
>connected wires cause the draw??
>
>So what I get from what you said is. I gotta disconnect the wires that do 
>nothing. Because they are in a loop they would cause a draw??
>
>Kevin
>
>
>>From: Jean-Claude D?sinor <desinor@sympatico.ca>
>>Reply-To: desinor@sympatico.ca
>>To: Kevin S <optimus234@hotmail.com>
>>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Subject: Re: I have a draw what to do??
>>Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:07:03 -0500
>>
>> By "loose wires", do you mean they are not connected to anything?
>> Current circulates in a loop: if it gets out to some device, it needs 
>>another wire or path to go back in (sort of). So if the wire just hangs 
>>there and is not connected to anything, it cannot drain the battery.
>> If you disconnect the battery overnight, completely, is it discharged in 
>>the morning?
>>
>> Jean-Claude
>>
>>Kevin S wrote:
>>>Im no good at wiring. I have a bad current flow the battery goes dead over 
>>>night. I know I have some loose wires because the wiring harnesses are 
>>>from different scirocco's put together. Everything works that I want to 
>>>work in the car. I have some loose wires not sure what they are for.
>>>
>>>I was hoping I could take out these wires and that it would get ride of 
>>>the current flow?
>>>What is the best way of going about this?
>>>
>>>Should I go after all my ground wires and the ones that are useless just 
>>>get rid of?? Would they be creating the draw??
>>>
>>>Again I don't really understand wiring, I guess my mind just has a hard 
>>>time understanding it.
>>>
>>>Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: T Berk <bayareaberk@yahoo.com>
>>>>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>>>Subject: Re: I have a draw what to do??
>>>>Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 16:54:14 -0800 (PST)
>>>>
>>>> > > Kevin S <optimus234@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > > I have some live wires. Will this cause a draw
>>>> > on the battery? If
>>>> > > so can I just ground these wires? or should I run
>>>> > them back and see
>>>> > > if I can take them out??
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Kevin
>>>> > >
>>>>
>>>>Kevin,
>>>>
>>>>Maybe I can help.
>>>>
>>>>- 'Live' wires means they have electricity running
>>>>through them, but if they are not connected at one end
>>>>they aren't 'drawing' any current. So if they are just
>>>>loose wires cap them as Julie suggests.
>>>>
>>>>- Grounding said live wires WILL create a current
>>>>flow, creating that pesky draw you are either after to
>>>>get some work done OR want to avoid (and in doing so
>>>>avoid also smoking wires and draining batteries.)
>>>>
>>>>It's not really like plumbing or airflow, you don't
>>>>really have to run a loose wire TO anything if it's
>>>>not needed.
>>>>
>>>>Now, on the other hand, if you have some unexplained
>>>>current flow and it's draining a battery down, say
>>>>overnight or a long weekend then you should really
>>>>track something like that down and fix it.
>>>>
>>>>Can you 'splain some more as to what the wires
>>>>are/were and perhaps what color they are?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>hth,
>>>>TBerk
>>>>mmmm, electrons- yummy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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