Continued: Battery Drain

[DarkStar]

They turn off but the mood lighting doesn't.

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[Gelbster]

Originally Posted by DarkStar

They turn off but the mood lighting doesn't.

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So pull the fuse for the "mood lighting" ?

[DarkStar]

It's ok... The drain is fixed.

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[Gelbster]

Originally Posted by DarkStar

It's ok... The drain is fixed.

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The suspense is killing us. After 22 Posts you fixed it - great ! But please share what the fix was? From Post 18 it seems to be defective rebuilt alternators?

[DarkStar]

Originally Posted by Gelbster

The suspense is killing us. After 22 Posts you fixed it - great ! But please share what the fix was? From Post 18 it seems to be defective rebuilt alternators?

I did already... Scroll down. Post 7

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[particlewave]

Originally Posted by Gelbster

The suspense is killing us. After 22 Posts you fixed it - great ! But please share what the fix was? From Post 18 it seems to be defective rebuilt alternators?

Drain was traced to the alternator. Alternator was replaced, but new one wouldn't charge. Replaced with a third.
Third alternator's the charm!

[DarkStar]

Originally Posted by particlewave

Drain was traced to the alternator. Alternator was replaced, but new one wouldn't charge. Replaced with a third.
Third alternator's the charm!

Lol if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have luck at all...

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[Nine8Six]

Short circuit in the alternator?! the regulator? whatever... both doesn't sound good.

Do I need to wrap my car batt in a fire blanket for prevention? Is this the new old'boxster bug, could be wrong but seen quite a few posts related to drain during the last year or so.

Glad Dark* sorted it out at the end, annoying bug from the look of this thread :/

[DarkStar]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

Short circuit in the alternator?! the regulator? whatever... both doesn't sound good.

Do I need to wrap my car batt in a fire blanket for prevention? Is this the new old'boxster bug, could be wrong but seen quite a few posts related to drain during the last year or so.

Glad Dark* sorted it out at the end, annoying bug from the look of this thread :/

One of them been me. This has been going on for 3 years. Off and on.

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

Short circuit in the alternator?! the regulator? whatever... both doesn't sound good.

Do I need to wrap my car batt in a fire blanket for prevention? Is this the new old'boxster bug, could be wrong but seen quite a few posts related to drain during the last year or so.

Glad Dark* sorted it out at the end, annoying bug from the look of this thread :/

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[DarkStar]

***UPDATE***, Car is good. haven't gone outside once since my last post and the car didn't start. Battery tested good still, just needed a deep charge. Seems like all is well! TY!

[Nine8Six]

That's good news. Let's hope you/we don't get a short circuit in the muffler next.

I've been looking into some of the circuit drawings for this car lately. Non-stop interesting material! Complexity at its very best/max... all to power a little mechanical engine and a few bulbs. It is all beyond incredible.... I mean, the stuff that can go wrong on that car lollll

Hope it last man, luck and thanks for the update

[DarkStar]

Lol I removed the stock exhaust entirely as fast as I could haha.

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[Nine8Six]

Me too, from top to bottom. poor 'thing' mine was at the time loll

Now I just can't wait until my 14.8V alternator shorts my super radio and strobe the playing song to the xenon headlights. I mean what else could go wrong with the car, a main switch?

Driv'on

[DarkStar]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

Me too, from top to bottom. poor 'thing' mine was at the time loll

Now I just can't wait until my 14.8V alternator shorts my super radio and strobe the playing song to the xenon headlights. I mean what else could go wrong with the car, a main switch?

Driv'on

Haaaa. Yeah.

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[fastflyer]

So where were you buying your alternators? Some off brand? Porsche factory rebuilt? Sounds like some really bad quality control to me.

[DarkStar]

Originally Posted by fastflyer

So where were you buying your alternators? Some off brand? Porsche factory rebuilt? Sounds like some really bad quality control to me.

Well some information about Alternators in the Automotive World, 1, Porsche doesn't make 1 single Alternator. They use Bosch Alternators. 2 Alternators are the worlds #1 Most easily defective part in Any Automobile. Quality Control is something you cannot Control with Alternators. You can build or rebuild one, test it and it tests out great but something during shipment to its parts distributor can cause that Alternator to become Defective.

With that being said, Any Alternator coming out of the Stealership, last I checked was 1700 for a Refurb.... The EXACT same Refurb you can buy from Autozone, Napa, Pep Boys etc... 1700 with No Warranty. Autozone, Pep Boys, Napa, Oreillys all gives a lifetime warranty with their refurbs. The current Alternator is a Bosch, the Alternator before that was brand new and defective, Bosch, The Alternator prior that had the drain, Bosch.

Other things also can determine Alternator Health. Dirt, Oil, Extreme Heat. They don't last forever.

Oh and the Cost of that Refurb from a Typical Parts store that is the EXACT same thing as the 1700 Refurb from the Stealership? 150 Bucks! Lifetime Warranty!