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Location: Bideford - a good place to test juddering Fiats and electric bikes.
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We have a Chausson Flash S3 on a Ford chasis with a Duratec 2.2 litre 140 hp engine.
We have an on going situation whereby, when stopped, every so often the dashboard lighs start flashing and all the relays going on and off with quite a large current drain (c.40-50 amps) when this happens. The net result of this is that engine battery goes flat in a few hours. The vehicle can sit on the drive for three weeks without any problem but on others the battery will go flat overnight after a 200 mile journey.
The Ford Assistance has been called out 8 times this year and the vehicle has spent various periods at 4 ford garages but without a resulation to the problem.
We have a Kenwood DNX5220BT, a Cobra alarm and a reversing camera and each have been disconnected in turn but the only time the problem manifested itself (ovenight so no one say what actually precipated the problem) was when the Kenwood was connected . All ideas thankfully received !
How about fitting an in-line fuse just to power the Kenwood, with a fuse rating just big enough for its normal running current, but small enough to blow if it tries to take a lot more current. This would prevent it discharging the battery and if it does blow then it confirms that the Kenwood is the problem.
Hi,
If the Kenwood was pulling 40-50 amps you have clouds of smoke :roll:my money would be on the fridge relay coming on, possibly an alternator fault causing this, if you can find the fridge fuse try pulling this, ideally when you are have the flashing light display,
Regards,
Chris
Location: Bideford - a good place to test juddering Fiats and electric bikes.
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Kenwood is not pulling the curent - something is causing the Ford electrics to go beserk. Have now got the Kenwood "always on " circuit on the leasure battery but still the engine battery is going flat
TDG
Location: Bideford - a good place to test juddering Fiats and electric bikes.
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Problem eventually nailed - I think!
Not a Ford problem after all but a Chausson one: under the rear of the vehicle there is a multi-pin socket dangling from other van wiring and is presumably intended for trailer towing.
I found it full of water because the body was damaged at the cable entry but the cover cap was water tight, not letting the water out. Inside was a very good example of electrolysis!
TDG
It is good to see an OP return with the end result, not many do.....
We hope that is indeed permanently fixed - a good, occasional, crawl round underneath for 'two coats of looking at' seems to be a good ploy for future preventative maintenance -
But the last time I did it there were two wee grandchildren intent on tickling my feet so I was not as thorough as I might have been!
Location: Bideford - a good place to test juddering Fiats and electric bikes.
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bob44 wrote:
Hi TDG,
'two coats of looking at' seems to be a good ploy
Bob L
Thanks for that Bob
My experience is that the two coats need to be applied a few days apart 'cos it's amazing what you can miss with the first time around!
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