nickt Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I have been working on a mates 300tdi n reg defender which is drawing power from the battery constantly thought i found the fault to be the altenator as the little wire (brown with yellow trace) is causing the problem when connected to the altenator had the altenator repaired but the little wire is still drawing 3 amps. now i believe the little wire is going to the instrument panel my question is has anyone had this problem before and know where I should start looking many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renault4 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I had this problem and it turned out to be the diode on the alternator, a recon alternator cured it (don't know what repair you did on this one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crwoody Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 There is a diode in series with the wire you mentioned, probably in the dash somewhere, (there was a post about this yesterday!) Does the alternator warning light on the dash come on with the ignition off? If so it may be that this extra diode is shorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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