theBaptist
Offroader
well my landy is actually
need some help pls as i am not at all knowledgeable re electrics apart from knowing red is positive and black is negative !
recently my landy starting having trouble with cold morning starts (2.25 diesel) - glow plugs working fine, 2-yr old Dagenite 105aH battery and engine is in good nick.
now lately it couldnt start at all and starter was turing over very slowly so i jumped started it off a Transit and went to an electrician (30 min drive). he tested battery and alternator and found them both in good shape so he suggested to overhaul the starter which he did.
so i now have a good starter, alternator, and supposodly a still capable battery.
well i left the landy idle for 3 days and guess what it wont start !! knowing the starter is now definately not the culprit i suspected that the battery lost its charge so i trickle charged it overnight and the engine burst into life in 3 seconds - great, apart from the fact that i now know something is using current when it should'nt
i now this is not a job for me but i can make life a lot easier is i go to an electrician with a hint of what can be draining the battery ..
i have fitted an alarm 2 months ago and it could be that the prob started since then (alarm siren was hoarse and croaky since day 1 and i have to go and have it replaced but didnt yet) .. could it be the faulty siren ?? the alarm system itself ??
another thing is a have a Kenwood cd-player that i myself connected with wiring going directly to the battery with a relay on the positive wire as close to battery as possible and it gave no probs since a long time BUT now comes the strange aprt of the whole story :
this morning starting was again difficult but it DID start and i went for an hours run and came back and disconnected the battery from the butterfly nut on the negative end - wonder of all wonders ignition, lights, horn etc still worked !!!!!! hmmm had another look and noticed negative black wire of stereo still attached to battery and disconnected it and now nothing works (bit obvious now) BUT how the hell is a thin earth stereo wire feeding a supply to my ignition, lights etc ???
this is basically what i am asking more knowledgeable folk in here, unless of course you can even give me some other clues and help
thanks in advance
need some help pls as i am not at all knowledgeable re electrics apart from knowing red is positive and black is negative !
recently my landy starting having trouble with cold morning starts (2.25 diesel) - glow plugs working fine, 2-yr old Dagenite 105aH battery and engine is in good nick.
now lately it couldnt start at all and starter was turing over very slowly so i jumped started it off a Transit and went to an electrician (30 min drive). he tested battery and alternator and found them both in good shape so he suggested to overhaul the starter which he did.
so i now have a good starter, alternator, and supposodly a still capable battery.
well i left the landy idle for 3 days and guess what it wont start !! knowing the starter is now definately not the culprit i suspected that the battery lost its charge so i trickle charged it overnight and the engine burst into life in 3 seconds - great, apart from the fact that i now know something is using current when it should'nt
i now this is not a job for me but i can make life a lot easier is i go to an electrician with a hint of what can be draining the battery ..
i have fitted an alarm 2 months ago and it could be that the prob started since then (alarm siren was hoarse and croaky since day 1 and i have to go and have it replaced but didnt yet) .. could it be the faulty siren ?? the alarm system itself ??
another thing is a have a Kenwood cd-player that i myself connected with wiring going directly to the battery with a relay on the positive wire as close to battery as possible and it gave no probs since a long time BUT now comes the strange aprt of the whole story :
this morning starting was again difficult but it DID start and i went for an hours run and came back and disconnected the battery from the butterfly nut on the negative end - wonder of all wonders ignition, lights, horn etc still worked !!!!!! hmmm had another look and noticed negative black wire of stereo still attached to battery and disconnected it and now nothing works (bit obvious now) BUT how the hell is a thin earth stereo wire feeding a supply to my ignition, lights etc ???
this is basically what i am asking more knowledgeable folk in here, unless of course you can even give me some other clues and help
thanks in advance