as above people all i have on my car at the min is just remote central locking nothing fancy as i ripped everything out when building it back up, planning on getting new alarm but is there any other things that are known to cause the battery to drain? cheers hugh

 

could be the altenator on the brink.

 

hi mate, the battery light does go out when started and when i charged the battery up and leave the car sitting for few days it just seems to loose the power somewhere and the battery is not old either, cheers hugh

 

get another battery (warranty) and then check the earths if not get a tester and find out if the battery is charging from the alternator. I had the same problem on me mates sapphire and it was a number of things. Check on the back of the clocks to see if a bulbs gone on the dials inside that was one of the reasons y it wouldn't charge the joys of rebuilding fords mate a i hope i could help

 

cheers mate, yea just what fords are all about lol, will do a few checks tomora, hugh

 

I had this a while back every 2 days it was flat, purchased a new battery and the same thing happened was advised by people on here to check alternator, glove box and the light in the boot was not staying on, which i done.

Then a friend told me about his Escort Cosworth doing the same thing and he called a auto-electrician out and it turned out the battery from his tracker had corroded and somehow managed to stick to the floor pan causing a constant drain.... If you have a tracker check this failing that its get a multimeter connect it up and then remove 1 fuse at a time to see what circuit the drain is on then further investigate that circuit, good luck and keep us informed

 

and if your not already on there, get yourself over to

www.EscortRSCosworth.Com

 

my boot light resulted in a few battery changes!

 

yes kelv, hugh here i was on your site but forgot my password iv'e been trying for ages on your site for them to send me my password but no luck could you have a look for me mate? cheers hugh

 

It is a small draw from what youv'e said which would point the imfamous boot light, so check this apart from that the rest of your electris battery etc sound fine.

Martin

 

its just to measure the current ,or amps between the batteri connection and the plus wire.(disconnect the plus wire,and connect the amp meter between the batteri connection and the wire)and start to take out the fuses to see what fuse makes a change in the measurement on the ampmeter.

but said above...often it can be a minor thing as a boot light,but make the measurment and you will find out.cheers

 

leaving the doors unlocked , the factory alarm pulls a couple of 100 milliamps as i found.

mine used to go flat when left unlocked in my alarmed garage. I did a extensive current drain invetigation. locking the doors just with the key dropped the draw down to aroun 25 milliamps - and that was with a tracker fitted.