Battery drain

[Billydean676]

Ok guys my first post here. I have an 85 k10 that i recently pulled out of the barn and started driving daily again. Here's the problem. It dtsrted oit draining the battery when i left the ac or heat on now it drains tje battery when just sitting at work. I thought maybe i had a bad diode in the alternator so i replaced it. I have pulled the fuses out of the ac and it's still doing it I'm lost. Any thoughts. Thanks in advance

 

[yevgenievich]

Pretty much everything either runs from alternator post or junction block. Can test each wire at the time for current deaw to find which circuit is at fault.

 

[Billydean676]

I disconnected the positive battery cable today and it was dead again this afternoon forgot to put that in there

 

[Honky Kong jr]

How old is the battery? If your disconnecting it and it goes dead it’s crap.

 

[Billydean676]

Honky i have had the battery checked three times on different machines. That being said i decided to put another battery i had in it and it started fine this morning. I'm gonna try this for a couple days. And go from there

 

[RustyPile]

Honky i have had the battery checked three times on different machines. That being said i decided to put another battery i had in it and it started fine this morning. I'm gonna try this for a couple days. And go from there

Not trying to be an ass here. Just stating a law of physics. But Honky Kong is right.. One machine, three machines, even if tested by ten machines.. There is no way on this green earth that an electrical circuit having a drain somewhere in it can drain a battery if that battery is not connected to the circuit.. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but if the battery went down while not connected, you have a bad battery....

 

[CSFJ]

Not trying to be an ass here. Just stating a law of physics. But Honky Kong is right.. One machine, three machines, even if tested by ten machines.. There is no way on this green earth that an electrical circuit having a drain somewhere in it can drain a battery if that battery is not connected to the circuit.. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but if the battery went down while not connected, you have a bad battery....

Can this be copied to the quote thread for epicness of reply?

 

[RustyPile]

Not trying to be an ass here. Just stating a law of physics. But Honky Kong is right.. One machine, three machines, even if tested by ten machines.. There is no way on this green earth that an electrical circuit having a drain somewhere in it can drain a battery if that battery is not connected to the circuit.. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but if the battery went down while not connected, you have a bad battery....

Can this be copied to the quote thread for epicness of reply?

I don't see my post as worthy of preservation.. Honky Kong's five word statement didn't seem to get through, so I simply tried a more (to use your word) "epic" approach..

 

[Honky Kong jr]

I don't see my post as worthy of preservation.. Honky Kong's five word statement didn't seem to get through, so I simply tried a more (to use your word) "epic" approach..

He did in fact change the battery and it started,he was gonna report back. Lol

 

[CSFJ]

Not trying to be an ass here. Just stating a law of physics. But Honky Kong is right.. One machine, three machines, even if tested by ten machines.. There is no way on this green earth that an electrical circuit having a drain somewhere in it can drain a battery if that battery is not connected to the circuit.. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but if the battery went down while not connected, you have a bad battery....

I don't see my post as worthy of preservation.. Honky Kong's five word statement didn't seem to get through, so I simply tried a more (to use your word) "epic" approach..

Just the way you worded the part I put in green. It struck me as funny in the way it brooks no argument. There's no rebutal available for it. It's like the final word on wether a battery is good or not.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

WOOF!!!!

 

[RustyPile]

He did in fact change the battery and it started,he was gonna report back. Lol

Perhaps you and I read the meaning in the first sentence of his post concerning the "3 machines" differently.. I read it to mean "That can't be right as 3 machines say the battery is good..".. It sounded to me like he was changing the battery just to prove you wrong..

Maybe I came across a little assful (is that a word), but as I stated, that wasn't my intention.. I just wanted to reinforce the bad battery diagnosis..

 

[RustyPile]

Just the way you worded the part I put in green. It struck me as funny in the way it brooks no argument. There's no rebutal available for it. It's like the final word on wether a battery is good or not.

Not "a battery", but HIS battery. As it applies to his situation, you read the message as I intended..

Fellows, I grew up in a world where you did not question the teacher.. I viewed this as Honky Kong was being questioned..

 

[The88]

Not trying to be an ass here. Just stating a law of physics. But Honky Kong is right.. One machine, three machines, even if tested by ten machines.. There is no way on this green earth that an electrical circuit having a drain somewhere in it can drain a battery if that battery is not connected to the circuit.. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but if the battery went down while not connected, you have a bad battery....

I would like to argue this statement and add that it is possible that he has the most gangsta ass battery draining circuit in the history of man. That is all

 

[74 Shortbed]

Maybe I came across a little assful (is that a word),

If it wasn't I'm sure it is now..