Battery keeps dying

**2MPRSS** · 15-03-2010 11:20 AM

Hey people i need some help figuring out why my battery keeps dying, i tried to start the car yesterday it was dead, so i jump started it drove it around for 20 minutes till my revs on idle were normal then i tried to start it up again today but its dead again, i recently got my ballast/igniter for the HID changed on the s2000 im thinking there could be a wire eating up the battery the way the auto electriatian wired it up, it was ok for 2 weeks with small happy laps in my street coz i got no license (8 days left) i have a nrma battery in their looks preety new i dont wana just go and buy a expensive battery and it just eats that one up to

any help would take some load off my shoulders cheers

**tinkerbell** · 15-03-2010 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by 2MPRSS

i have a nrma battery in their looks preety new

don't mean anything.

take it back to the auto electrician and ask for a battery health check, if it is OK, then pin him to fix whatever he fcuked when he did the re-wiring...

**2MPRSS** · 15-03-2010 11:48 AM

so your saying he must of wired something bad? another thing when i turn the reds on i always hear something charging up sounds like the ballast even when the lights arnt on

**tinkerbell** · 15-03-2010 11:51 AM

no, i am saying you need to check teh battery!

BUT, i am also saying if the battery checks out, then your autoelectrican *might* have done bad wiring... and this is something that a 'forum' cant help you with...

the additional info you just provided also makes me think there is a wiring issue...

**2MPRSS** · 15-03-2010 11:57 AM

yeh i am going to go back to the guy to check it i was just wondering if anyone had the same problem like mine, thanks for your help tinkerbell if you got anything else to say im all ears, you change one thing on a car and sumthing else just stuffs up its preety annoying

**tinkerbell** · 15-03-2010 12:00 PM

nah man, first thing to find out is whether the battery is healthy.

if it checks out OK, then start looking at other issues, liek recent wiring changes...

usually a problem might show up as blown fuses - any of this occur?

**2MPRSS** · 15-03-2010 12:05 PM

havent checked the fuses on the car no but when i picked it up 2 weeks ago the rear blinker was blown but got it replaced, could something have been wired wrong to blow the bulb and blow a fuse? il just go check the fuses now

**tinkerbell** · 15-03-2010 12:11 PM

nah, indicators would be a separate circuit

**2MPRSS** · 15-03-2010 12:21 PM

wel i checked a few fuses on the drivers side and not any in the engine bay, random ones coz i dont know what to look for... i think i should just wait man

far out