Dead Battery Syndrome
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[url=https://www.imoc.co.uk/app.php/kb/viewarticle?a=74&sid=4ae8d042436a52d3fa94d929e5b438c7]Knowledge Base - Dead Battery Syndrome[/url]
I returned from a 2 week holiday to find the battery on my MR2 MK2 as dead as a dodo, oh fishhooks!
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A new battery was fitted
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I connected the positive lead to the battery, then joined the negative lead in series through a multimeter on the DC Amps range.
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On reading IMOC Electrical I was supprised that I was unable to find what the base current should be, and many articles suggesting fancy batteries.
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Pull the fuses, one at a time, and check the current draw, replace the fuse and move on to the next one.
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I was stuck without a circuit diagram, this is where I found links from IMOC really useful.
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The problem was a duff Alarm
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Without the alarm the base current dropped to 0.02 amps
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Fit new Alarm, job done
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I trust this will be of some use to any
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