Battery drain issue -'99 2.5

[Spirit_RE]

Originally Posted by dav9515

isnt there also a post on here about the security light that blinks on the CDR220 causing battery to drain and that you can turn it off in the unit?

I would suspect the light is off when the faceplate is off and therefore no battery drain? Does sound like time for a new ignition switch as well.

Now that you mention it, I did notice a blinking light on the CDR220. I've pulled the D8 fuse and recharged the battery. Lets hope that does it for now. Whatever it was, it drained the battery a lot. The interior lights wouldn't even illuminate.

Why again would the security light drain the battery so completely?

Gonna see about doing the ignition switch this weekend.

[mikefocke]

More on battery drains here. Much of that posting deals with how to test the battery and charging circuit, what drain currents should be, what voltages you should see, etc.

The blinking lite on a Becker radio that shows the security system enabled does not drain the battery over a two week period in my experience.