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    Quote Originally Posted by HippoNZ View Post
    I had a faulty diode on my alternator that wasnt connected properly, you can replace these I beleive. It amazingly will drain your battieries over night to the point your rig will only just start. Happened to me even on brand new battieries, draws just over 1 amp every something I forget lol I also had a shagged alternator anyway so ended up replacing the whole unit.
    This is a common fault.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DX grunt View Post
    I'd like to go there confident and come across as knowing what I'm talking about! lol
    Any chance of a video of that Ross ?????
    I go to mechanics and auto sparky's thinking that I know what I am talking about but immediately after say they say Hi, how are you, it's all down hill from there.....lololol

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    Maybe wear looser shorts mate an then you'll be able to find it hahhahahahahahahahahaha

    IF YA DONT GET STUCK YA AINT TRYIN HARD ENOUGH........OR YA TOOK THE CHICKEN TRACK

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    Best bet Ross is to shoot down at a Auto-Sparky, they will do a load test on the battery and see if its any good.. They can also do a current draw test and see if something in the vehicle is sucking power when everything is off.. One of those will tell you pretty quickly what the problem is.. Let us know how you go Rossco

    Fletcha
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    Dont own a Patrol or any 4WD at the moment, hopefully will change into the future

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    Quote Originally Posted by big_fletch View Post
    Best bet Ross is to shoot down at a Auto-Sparky, they will do a load test on the battery and see if its any good.. They can also do a current draw test and see if something in the vehicle is sucking power when everything is off.. One of those will tell you pretty quickly what the problem is.. Let us know how you go Rossco

    Fletcha
    For the price of a new battery, I'll tell you what the problem was. lol

    Put the new battery in as the cranker and the 'old' cranker as the 2nd battery. This will be replaced when I get my solar, set up

    Thanks everybody.

    Take care out there.

    Rossco
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    Ex Telstra - 2005, 4.2 TDi ute -with pod and more fruit than a grocery shop.

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