I have a draw what to do??

[peter at thescirocco.com (Peter)]

A test light might actually be easier to use, since you don't have to look 
directly at it.

:thumbup:

Peter - 302.832.8989
thescirocco.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net>
To: "Peter" <peter@thescirocco.com>; "Kevin S" <optimus234@hotmail.com>; 
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: I have a draw what to do??


> Just a light works if you don't have an ammeter.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter" <peter@thescirocco.com>
> To: "Kevin S" <optimus234@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 11:58 PM
> Subject: Re: I have a draw what to do??
>
>
>> Hook up an ammeter between the battery's positive terminal, and the 
>> positive battery cable.
>>
>> Measure the current, and then remove each fuse in the fuse panel, until 
>> you get to the circuit that's causing the drain.
>>
>> Depending on what circuit it is, you might be able to install a switch, 
>> or do away with it.
>>
>> Peter - 302.832.8989
>> thescirocco.com
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kevin S" <optimus234@hotmail.com>
>> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 10:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: I have a draw what to do??
>>
>>
>>> Thanks to everyone for all the help. I will take all this new knowledge 
>>> and takle the wiring asap.
>>>
>>> Thanks again I really appreciate it.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
>>>>Reply-To: <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
>>>>To: " Kevin S " <optimus234@hotmail.com>
>>>>Subject: Re: I have a draw what to do??
>>>>Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:17:39 -0500
>>>>
>>>>On 8:52 pm 02/01/07 "Kevin S" <optimus234@hotmail.com> 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
>>>> >
>>>>Typical path is battery positive to a coloured wire with a female
>>>>connector, to the device, to the chassis/ground/battery negative. They 
>>>>pass
>>>>through the main fuse panel at some point, usually before going to the
>>>>device.
>>>>
>>>>(Just try for a moment to visualize that, and you'll understand a lot of
>>>>the wiring on your car, it's just a path that goes from one end of the
>>>>battery to the other, with a bunch of other stuff in the way; fuses and
>>>>relays to protect stuff, switches for convenience, and of course the 
>>>>thing
>>>>you want to work, the "load", like a radio or wiper motor. That sort of
>>>>shit.)
>>>>
>>>>If there's demand for too much current, it will melt the fuse, the fuse
>>>>will save the device by melting away and preventing current flow to the
>>>>device. Electrons will find their way back to the battery if the main
>>>>ground cable from the negative to the chassis is in good shape, or 
>>>>that's
>>>>the way I look at it. I look at the chassis as a big river of electrons
>>>>flowing back to the battery.
>>>>Stock ground wires are usually brown, and there are a few "test 
>>>>connectors"
>>>>in many VeeDubs that do nothing, they're just there for the guys at the
>>>>dealership to hook up for diagnostics. So, if it goes "to" the device, 
>>>>it's
>>>>likely a colourful wire with a female cannector, in which case, it's not
>>>>doing squat if it's not hooked up! (as long as it's not got metal 
>>>>hitting
>>>>the chassis) And if it's a ground wire, it just leads back to the 
>>>>chassis,
>>>>which is like a big river of electrons going back to the battery 
>>>>negative,
>>>>or that's the way the wiring diagrams read. Really, the electrons come 
>>>>from
>>>>the negative terminal since they have a negative charge, but who cares,
>>>>they make the circuit one way or another. I've always found radios and 
>>>>head
>>>>units to be the source of my battery discharging grief, try pulling the
>>>>fuses one at a time to see which one kills the offending circuit.
>>>>Like it or not, you will have to trouble shoot wiring issues on these 
>>>>cars,
>>>>so may as well embrace the challenge!  If I can do it, you can too!
>>>>GL finding the draw, it'll be a big pain in the ass, but what the heck 
>>>>eh?
>>>>Cathy
>>>>
>>>
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