Bloody modern tech!!
I found the battery on the P38 almost discharged a week or so ago.
Being new to the vehicle and after reading a few posts on here about mysterious battery discharging I have been checking the battery regularly. Happy to see that the normal discharge has been about 20mA. Happy with that. The EAS relay has an isolating switch.
So... suddenly the discharge is 550mA
Drops to 20mA after about 3 minutes and then back to 550mA immediately.
Looks like BCU waking up - what on earth can be doing that? Car locked, same. Car unlocked - same. Key fob batteries out- no difference.
???
My nearest neighbor is 5km away so no stray radio signals around, or so I thought.
Then after a few days of this I remembered it seemed to start about the time I installed one of those meter box power monitors, unit attached to the meter sends a signal to the indoor display every 30 seconds. AND on 433mHz.
Out with its batteries - problem gone.
Looks like the monitor has to go.
Geez I really like this P38 but I never had these problems with series Landrovers
Terry
80 109" 2.6 P ex Army GS, saved from the scrappie.
95 300tdi 130 Single cab tray.
2010 Guzzi 750
Bloody modern tech!!
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When I used to drive mine to work (signal box on NSW railways) at some sites. e.g., St Marys (NSW), the key fob would not lock/unlock the car. I guess the local RF from the on-site transmitters would affect the Rangie.
Ron B.
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2003 L322 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA
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Hi
Martin Cox has a solution (apart from replacing the receiver)
P38 RF Receiver Filter
Steve
well dang, I always though the battery drained on these quickly but this explains a thing or two. I usually leave the key in the ignition though (yes I can do that down here) so I wonder if it still activates then...
Cheers
-P
80 109" 2.6 P ex Army GS, saved from the scrappie.
95 300tdi 130 Single cab tray.
2010 Guzzi 750
Much cheaper option
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