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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: dizaster on 12 July 2010, 10:02:03
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Hi alls.
Got up thids morning to find the car wouldn't start , suspected flat battery , but why ??
Cars been running fine since I've had it (4 weeks)
Yesterday we attached a towbar ( boot was open for quiet a few hours) ,
Wired the towbar electrics .
Car started when I drove it home .
BUT this morning nothing :-(
Cant recall if the boot has lights in it ?? , would this of flattened the battery if the boot had been open for ages ??
Could connecting the towbar electrics (just a scocket on a lead) , have caused the battery to discharge ??
Any ideas :-) ??
Ohhh took battery off to charge today , anything I need to be aware of when I reconnect it ??
Many thanks .
Diz
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Boot does have a light .. butdon't think that would flatten a battery in a few hours .. anyway it started and drove home.
My instant thoughts are the work done ... I wonder if something is remaining powered ??
Did you connect the 12N only (black 7 pin socket) or a 12N and a 12S (grey 7 pin for fridge/reversing lights etc) or a 13 pin socket ?
If more than just a 12N for road lights then you should have added either ignition controlled relays or a smartcom device, if either of those are faulty/in correctly wired they could constitute a drain on the battery overnight .. :(
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The boot light on mine times out after a few minutes. Not sure if the same on all models?
I would double check the towbar wiring if it goes flat again.
Kevin
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just connected the Black socket, (12N?).
Used those blue Scotch Connectors and connected the 12N wires to the harness directly , no relay or anything , was told I didnt need one .
Car is a '98 (R reg)
wondering if last nights first night of rain in weeks had somewthing to do with it :P
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just connected the Black socket, (12N?).
Used those blue Scotch Connectors and connected the 12N wires to the harness directly , no relay or anything , was told I didnt need one .
Car is a '98 (R reg)
wondering if last nights first night of rain in weeks had somewthing to do with it :P
:o :o
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just connected the Black socket, (12N?).
Used those blue Scotch Connectors and connected the 12N wires to the harness directly , no relay or anything , was told I didnt need one .
Car is a '98 (R reg)
wondering if last nights first night of rain in weeks had somewthing to do with it :P
No you don't need any relays, but there's better ways of joining wires than using Scotchlocks ie soldering them ;) ;) ;)
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LoL only used the Scotch cause they came already connedted to the wiring harness :-)
Update: Ripped the wiring out , recharged the battery, working fine now.
Checked the socket , no shorts between pins.
Next step (This weekend) , reconnect the 12N socket , probably using insulated crimp connectors , just cause i have some, and Im currently out of solder.
Fingers crossed :-0
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Starting to do my head in .
We re-connected the towbar socket tonight (No scotch connectors this time ;))
, checked for shorts across the pins , all A-OK.
Check the voltages , again all fine , but within an hour the car wouldnt start and I needed a jump- to get going again.
While we were connecting the jump cables , my friend noticed that the earth lead on the battery was VERY hot .
Anybody got any ideas ??
Cheers