Hi Ross. Thanks for this. My Vauxhall Insignia has had this fault, and I've had to disconnect the battery between trips to prevent a flat battery! It's just been to the local garage where they did remove fuses and relays, one by one, to check the voltage drop. Eventually they found it to be the driver's side window opening switch causing all the problems!! £130 for the 2.5 days of testing, and another £100 for the switch, which has to be ordered. I'm actually glad they found the fault, and 'pleased' at the cost as I had thought it would be much more. There's apparently about 70 fuses in this car, lol! Thanks again.
I had an issue with my MG a couple of years ago with a battery drain overnight. I wanted to determine how large the drain was so I disconnected the negative cable from the battery and switched my multimeter to AMPS DC. I then put my probes to the battery cable and the battery post seeing a reading of 3.4 amps. I figured at that time the only two things that could handle that current without smoking were the alternator and starter. I checked the alternator first as it was easy to get to. The brown wire on the back was disconnected and I saw the amps were down to a couple of milliamps. So I had a bad diode in the alternator. Due to the fact we were just coming out of covid I had a devil of a time finding a part. Eventually I found a brand new alternator and since then a diode pack to fix the old one. I did convert the alternator to a GM alternator a number of years ago as they are easier to find at auto parts stores than the Lucas.
Small note for you at home- Choose a bulb with about 24w or less. That way your light draws about 2A and you are most probably not going to burn any electrics in your car. Still the light will shine fairly bright. If you for example choose the bulb for the main headlights, which is about 60w or 5A, you risk burning wires or modules! Now go out and explore! You'll do great!! It will be fun!
Hi Ross, I have a the same issue with my scenic. Would really appreciate your help as to get access to fuses in this piece of...its absolutely impossible.
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Hi Ross. Thanks for this. My Vauxhall Insignia has had this fault, and I've had to disconnect the battery between trips to prevent a flat battery! It's just been to the local garage where they did remove fuses and relays, one by one, to check the voltage drop. Eventually they found it to be the driver's side window opening switch causing all the problems!! £130 for the 2.5 days of testing, and another £100 for the switch, which has to be ordered. I'm actually glad they found the fault, and 'pleased' at the cost as I had thought it would be much more. There's apparently about 70 fuses in this car, lol! Thanks again.
I had an issue with my MG a couple of years ago with a battery drain overnight. I wanted to determine how large the drain was so I disconnected the negative cable from the battery and switched my multimeter to AMPS DC. I then put my probes to the battery cable and the battery post seeing a reading of 3.4 amps. I figured at that time the only two things that could handle that current without smoking were the alternator and starter. I checked the alternator first as it was easy to get to. The brown wire on the back was disconnected and I saw the amps were down to a couple of milliamps. So I had a bad diode in the alternator. Due to the fact we were just coming out of covid I had a devil of a time finding a part. Eventually I found a brand new alternator and since then a diode pack to fix the old one. I did convert the alternator to a GM alternator a number of years ago as they are easier to find at auto parts stores than the Lucas.
Small note for you at home- Choose a bulb with about 24w or less. That way your light draws about 2A and you are most probably not going to burn any electrics in your car. Still the light will shine fairly bright. If you for example choose the bulb for the main headlights, which is about 60w or 5A, you risk burning wires or modules! Now go out and explore! You'll do great!! It will be fun!
A great and informative video Ross.
Thanks!
Hi Ross, I have a the same issue with my scenic. Would really appreciate your help as to get access to fuses in this piece of...its absolutely impossible.
Hi Ross, do you know where is located that auxiliary heater in scenic 3?
No, but the connector is behind the kick panel on the passenger side.
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