Jakey
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Right, ill try and keep it as short as possible.
C20XE Nova. Got it on the road couple months ago, run fine for couple weeks on a shit battery, came back from PVS, went to it the next morning. Completely dead. Jumped it and drove it for ages fine, go to it the next day, dead again. Checked all the earths, alternator belt etc. Alternaters charging the battery at 14+ volts.
So i thought it was a shit battery. Bought one, been on for 4 days running sweet, came to it 10 mins ago, completely dead 
Ideas on a postcard please because im slowly running out of them.
[Edited on 13-10-2010 by Jakey]
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VrsTurbo
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Do you have an amp?
Some thing has a live with the ignition off.
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Jakey
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No amp.
Car is practically empty. Only thing is a CD player. But that was in for the weeks it was running fine..
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VrsTurbo
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Have you checked all the earths?
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Jakey
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Yeah, everything, thats why its annoying so much.
Been round them all, took them off, cleaned them etc then re-attached.
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AlexW
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charge the battery up off the car and leave it off the car for a few hours and see if it is still holding the same charge as when fully charged up.
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daymoon
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i would say something is draining the battery.
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dan-sport
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Is the fuel pump staying on?
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davieslim
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as above have a look at the fuel pump relay, i had issues with mine keeping the pump going and destroying batteries
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JaffaTB
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Can you turn the radio on without the key in? When had mine so it would work with no key it used to drain my battery if i didnt use it every day, now ive swapped the wires so it only works with the key its been fine since, only annoying thing is it forgets my settings every time it goes off but thats better than a flat battery
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Jakey
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Fuel pump is wired to the ignition so only comes on the turn of the key.
Radio is on ignition too.
I'm 99.9% something is draining the battery, i just can't find what.
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alan-g-w
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Got a boot light?
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Adam-D
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mfd is draining it... unplug it.
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Jakey
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Not got a boot light, cars stripped out.
Don't have an mfd in a nova.
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Root
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Jakey
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Please help :'(
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Jakey
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Anybody else?
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JaffaTB
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glove box light?
i would try taking the radio out just to check it for sure if it was mine
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Jakey
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No glove box light. Stereo has been out for a few days. See why I'm getting pissed off 
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Ian
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From the other thread -
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Originally posted by Ian
Ideally you need an ammeter in series with the battery to see if there's current draw while the engine is off. If so then pull each fuse in turn to see what is causing it, or disconnect anything which has been fitted aftermarket, ie. alarm/stereo/amps
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Jakey
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UPDATE.
Had an autoelectrican have a quick look today with his ammeters and that and have found the problem-ish.
It's the main feed live cable on the Nova loom that goes into the back of the dash and looks like it splits off into several, smaller red wires.
At that time the electrican had to go but he told us to pull each fuse out and see whats causing it, like Ian said above 
We did that but it's still draining.
Going to take the dash out and see what it splits off into at the weekend.
Anybody have any ideas???
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dale87
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I had a similar problem years ago. Battery kept dying if I left the car for 30mins or more. In the end I found out that I'd put a screw through a wire when putting my interior back in which was causing a drain. I pulled the screw out, taped the wire up and moved it out the way and i'ts been fine ever since.
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