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I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days

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Re: I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days

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Post by throwmeback »

soco wrote: post #436
Sakos wrote: post #377

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Reminds me of the stereotype that women will tell you something that happened in the most expansive way possible with all this context that doesn't really matter while guys will just tell you what happened.

Actually this might rather be coming from an autism spectrum. This work mate, a very fine programmer I must say, starts any point he might have with a few minutes long background presentation. I can't say that I get much value from that intro, but that's his way so I say let him have it. And we're never under that time pressure to need to interrupt him anyway.

sounds like me, but I have ADHD :D

Re: I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days

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Post by aaronrobinson »

I have a drain on my VW Caddy Maxi but had it booked in already for a leisure battery and solar install. When the solar finishes charging the leisure battery the starter battery is then charged. And so hey presto I now have an anti-drain system and haven’t had a problem since. So if you have a parasitic drain and can’t find fix it convert your car into a camper :)

Re: I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days

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Post by heleninboodler »

Sakos wrote: post #377
coding123 wrote: post #373

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I'm getting older and one of the things I started to notice is that men are just there, doing things that are generally... straightforward. I mean I guess posting on hacker news is probably pretty strange to a lot of people - so ignore that. Anyway, women however, I feel like they build these neurotic behaviors - like learned things that just stick with them forever. Like ouch, the pan was hot, don't do that again, b…

Reminds me of the stereotype that women will tell you something that happened in the most expansive way possible with all this context that doesn't really matter while guys will just tell you what happened.

I've heard the explanation that men just tend to prefer to think in more concrete terms. "What happened" is sometimes met with a detailed social analysis filled with motivations and states-of-mind about the story that unfolded and sometimes met with some cold facts about precisely what events occurred without any speculation as to why or what impact it had on people, and this tends to split along gender lines. The classic "what are you thinking about" works the same way. Women tend to be thinking about conceptual things like their ambitions or happiness or relationships, whereas men tend to be thinking about concrete things like that one cabinet with the loose hinges in the bathroom.

This is, of course, not a universal rule. It's just an observation about tendencies.

Re: I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days

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Post by sizzle »

dmuller wrote: post #318
sizzle wrote: post #277

Why couldn’t he just pull a fuse sending power to one of these systems instead of dismantling the dash to get to the wiring harness?

Hello, author here. I did do as you described first---I pulled the ROOM fuse and the draw also went away. But, at the expense of more interior features (e.g. my stereo).

Might have been easier to pull the head unit and tap into a different power relay with that fuse off then dismantle the dashboard, but my hat’s off to you on a job well done!

Re: I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days

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Post by bouke »

overthrow wrote: post #3

Well this is timely. I have a parasitic draw on my NC Miata. The first mechanic just replaced the battery. The second told me it's normal for the battery to die if you don't drive it for 3 days (because "cars have computers now"). It seems like mechanics really don't like digging into the electrical part of the car... but these days that encompasses more and more of what can go wrong. Without time to dig into it myse…

I once had a parasitic drain on my BMW 3-series (e46). The dealership diagnosed the problem appropriately. It turned out to be the GROM Audio module I installed to replace the CD changer. It would drain the battery in about a week. So back to burning CDs and the issue was resolved.

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Post by lynx23 »

Karawebnetwork wrote: post #461
lynx23 wrote: post #417

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Entitled to special treatment. A modern phenomenon. A good sign that you should move on to a different partner.

What if it had been shellfish instead of onions and the person had suffered a life-threatening allergy resulting in anaphylactic shock?

Thats my point. Certain people just love drama, and even want casual online discussions like this one to show how dangerous the world is, and how right picky people are in being right... Drama(queen)s all around, what would our world be without first-world problems...

Re: I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days

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Post by lynx23 »

easywood wrote: post #438
lynx23 wrote: post #417

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Entitled to special treatment. A modern phenomenon. A good sign that you should move on to a different partner.

Second opinion from someone in a 25 year marriage: do not move to a different partner over a disagreement on onions. You'll be moving a lot.

My comment was not about the onions, but about the "you can eat this at home while I go and find myself some other food elsewhere." part of the story.

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Post by lynx23 »

egeozcan wrote: post #428
lynx23 wrote: post #417

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Entitled to special treatment. A modern phenomenon. A good sign that you should move on to a different partner.

Asking nicely and not protesting when they didn't manage is okay in my book, to be honest. That was not the problem. Having to experience stuff like these (everyone has their quirks) regularly and learning to deal with it is the hard part in a relationship, is what I'm saying.

Having to experience weird behaviour on a more or less regular basis is not how relationships are supposed to work, thats what I'm saying. There are spouses out there who treat their partner with respect and love, not like a tool to be used to fix up anoyances in life.

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Post by rasz »

gog wrote: post #404
Nifty3929 wrote: post #214

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Well that's dumb. I've never heard of that before. But I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Thanks!

BMW has been doing this for a while.

I wonder if this didnt start with 2005 7 series when it received FLIR Night Vision system. That thing was locked down due to ITAR and gave BMW excuse to pair with ECU.

Re: I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days

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Post by falseeq »

overthrow wrote: post #3

Well this is timely. I have a parasitic draw on my NC Miata. The first mechanic just replaced the battery. The second told me it's normal for the battery to die if you don't drive it for 3 days (because "cars have computers now"). It seems like mechanics really don't like digging into the electrical part of the car... but these days that encompasses more and more of what can go wrong. Without time to dig into it myse…

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