Flat battery

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Originally Posted by discotwinturbo

G'day Drivesafe,

The two days before we left we were carting horses about 100kms each way south of home, then also another trip at about 75kms from each way.

The VW was used little that week and battery is just over 4 years old. VW still had door alarm light pulsating before I unlocked it.

Seems as though there must be something drawing current. My reversing camera monitor is wired to permanent power. It was off, but has a little red led light when off....but doubt that would chew enough power. Led light on camera was off when the battery was flat. All interior lights were switched permanently off. Auto lights off.

Have been camping a fair bit, and left her off for up to 5 days, and starts ok.

I think next time I will disconnect it.

Brett....

Not sure if this means much, but in a lot of the new vehicles, when you put the interior lights to off, the system keeps pulsing power through the circuit and discharges.

The Commodores and Falcons we use at work will run flat in this mode within 12 to 16 hours and we run higher output alternators to keep all the electrics pumping while working.

Might be food for thought if the battery came back ok.

Cheers