I located a light staying on in my trunk by disconnecting the ground from the
battery with the key out of ignition and all known electicals off. I used my
multimeter and bridged the ground on the battery to the cable. If you see a
current, then there's a leak somewhere. If there's no leak, the needle
shouldn't move above zero.
Michael
Wow, I'm actually learning enough to start adding to the lists, rather than
subtracting.... ;-)
'78 RB Midget
'87 PB 300ZX
DANMAS@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-11-12 10:07:53 EST, bj_martin@hotmail.com writes:
>
> > I'm pretty sure the battery is gone but is
> > there an easy way to check to see if I have a short that is draining the
> > battery between drives? (please respond in simple terms as I'm an
> > electrical idiot but I do have a multimeter)
>
> Brent,
>
> Probably the easist way is to just disconnect the ground cable from the
> battery the next time you park the car for a while. Reconnect it when you go
> back to use the car again, and see if the battery is low. If so, it's the
> battery, if not, then you will need to look for a drain. Removing the cable
> will completely eliminate any leakage possibility (unless the battery is so
> dirty and greasy that there is a leak accross the top of the case).
>
> Dan Masters,
> Alcoa, TN
>
> '71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
> '71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
> http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/index.html
> '74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition - slated for a V8 soon
> '68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
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