Dave Henshall

as fitted to early escos, rs200 and ghia etc, the one that only works from locking the drivers door and there is no seperate imobilser.

the unit is located in the drivers footwell, what can fail in these( is it common) for them to draw well over 100ma at rest? if i pull the fuse on the bck of the fusebox, (fuse 29) the fault light comes on(i say fault, but it is also the armed and alarm lights next to the frost warning lamps on the clock)

with it powered down, the current draw stops, the car starts fine and runs fine, but the central locking doesnt work (as u'd expect) but it does centrally lock/unlock from the toad fob, (but it makes the deadlocks come in and u cant get out of the car form inside unless u disarm twice.

anybody got any info on these 'anti theft modules' re what goes in them, or is it just aswell getting one from a scrap yard. has anydoby else done a current test at rest to see what the battery drain is with this still connected?

Dave Henshall

ive had anotyher play, if the doors are left unlocked (ie when its in my garage) it draws 100ma. as soon as you lock them, it drops to about 8ma.


so th moral of the story, keep it locked in teh garage aswell

Speedy G.

iTrader: (1)

You should always keep it locked m8.

Dave Henshall

the way i was looking at it thiough, was, id rather them take it and then the police find it without the door ripped open with a screwdriver or the top bent out , the garge is alarmed so wuold go off if anyone gets in


its fully armed up though now, whole car only pulling 12ma at rest now

Speedy G.

iTrader: (1)

It's quit funny how a fully armed car only pulls about 12ma and a non armed car pulls about 10 times as much.

Dave Henshall

my thought exactly, i had to check twice. it must be due to the electronics in teh box being active when the doors are unlocked, so generally when ulocked, it will be running so not a problem, and generally for long periods of time when left, would normally be locked, so drain is next to nowt,,,

pretty simple maths though,, 10X the drain = 10X shorter battery life, after 10 weeks, you would noty be too upset if it was a little sluggish turning over, but after just 1 week , hell no