Anyway, after not using it for 4 or 5 days a nice day came along and I was going to drive my 6er to work but it was as dead as a dodo! After work I put it on charge and it was down to 9.5 volts! I left it overnight and it recharged to 12.6 volts, good! As the battery is less than a year old!
That evening (after looking at all the advice in these pages) I went to see my friend and mechanic to check things with his multimeter to see if my alternator /voltage regulator was putting out enough of a charge. Well everything read OK at 13.8v with engine running. Next with the engine off and keys out he set it to amps to see how much of drain there was, it read 300ma!
I thought we would have to go through the process of pulling each fuse to find the offending circuit the try and trace the fault but my friend disconnected the battery positive and touched it on and off repeatedly. I asked what he was doing and he asked if I could hear a relay clicking from the fuse box! I had the cover in my hand and from the handy layout guide l identified it as the fog light relay! I removed it and my friend put his meter back across the now connected battery and zero!
The fog light relay is now sitting in the glove box and won't be put back until MOT time! I left the car for almost a week and it started with a roar with the first turn of the key!
I thought as this is a common topic I'd share incase my friend has made some kind of great discovery or this has been a total fluke!
All thoughts and opinions welcomed!
