This video is really helpful for those of us who don't know much about cars electrical system

Just watched about 10 different videos trying to find how to perform a battery drain. This was the most informative by far! You'd go far on KZread if you knew the techniques to get your subscriber numbers up!

These simple electrical measurements are what you need to know when servicing the car electrics. Due to my work, I have a lot to do with high currents, and we also do the same with troubleshooting as you do. Very well shown Martin, thank you.

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bernd.

Your a Fountain of knowledge Martin! 👍🏻

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud

Really wonderful video martin, nice and easy to understand and straight to the point no faffing around!!

These videos should stay on youtube forever. Great explanation and info.

Sharon's fixed it,she took the leaves out of the scuttle !!!!😆

Very good video Martin. Amazing how a simple connection can look perfectly good. But the corrosion between the connection is the problem. Another area to watch out for is the wire going into the connector. Usually they are covered with shrink type covering and corrosion loves to hide there as well. It look perfect, but far from it. Thumbs Up!

Very handy video Martin, I’ll be referring to this later, cheers mate 👍

Well done I liked your methodology in finding the problem.

Thank you Martin your videos are very educational please make more of these videos please I am from South Africa thank you again

A great electrifying video bud! 😉 👍👍

Really good video Martin, my dad has the same problem on his ford tractor, so we’ll be doing these tests on it tomorrow! Cheers

Another great knowledgeable fault finding vid for those electrical gremlins you can come up against top job Martin keep up the good work 👍 👍 👍

Hello Sharon & Martin. A very good explanation on the battery and the negative I hope everything's ok now👍👍

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Snobby, I was diving in and out of your livestream whilst working bud.

I love these types of vids useful info and will be of use 👍

Excellent vid dude, I’m going to save it for future reference 👍

Thanks that was absolutely just the information I needed. My Astra J van had exactly the same problem and I had eliminated it down to the fuse 35 as you did, the 'infotainment' system. What I didn't know was how to check the earth resistance. I suspect that mine is doing the same thing. I will check as soon as the battery is up to charge. I wish I had seen this before I started finding out the what the problem was, all the information required would have been there. Im not entirely convinced that the alternator replacement that I had a couple of weeks ago at great expense was necessary but its too late to check now. Subscribed.

I got one of them gizmos with the bank of lights on and two crocodile clips off of Amazon, for what it does its bloody marvellous and I have a solar car charged in the boot if its going to be off road for a while to keep it topped off. Was quite pleased as Aviva sent me a gift certificate last year for £20 and that was just what I needed for the battery/alternator tester and the solar charger :D

Another great vlog m8, thanks for uploading it😉

Top tip buddy, I'm going to check mine on my T4 on my next day off now 👍

Hi Martin oooo I've learned something today thanks Martin very interesting i will archive this video for future reference its it annoying when you drop a nut in the engine bay and onto the floor or a part of the engine 😁 I've done it may times 👍😁

Really good video Martin, very well explained...👍

Brilliant video M8.... Thankyou very much for sharing it

Thanks for this video! The 06 zafira same engine has been a real pain in my arse, no load idle voltage was 14v, everything on was 13.43v no change when revved. Cleaned the earth strap under the battery....13.9v fully loaded, 14.1v idle no load. Every now and then it will require about 4 cranks to start so hopefully this will cure it. The draw test showed 0.35ma.

Superb video for diagnosing issues with battery drain.10/10 buddy thanks 👍🏻

That was lovely. Logical and I couldn't help a chortle when the dome head managed to escape. Thanks :)

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't find it lol

Excellent video. Having the same problem with my Vauxhall Astra Estate so I will certainly give this a try.

@retrorestore

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Great video Martin. 14 v from the alternator is correct and good. I bet someone in past has been connecting something to radio live and probably left it in place. Always a good idea to check earth connection before the bad weather hits. Cheers, Jeff.

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

I suspect the parrot system Jeff.

Excellent, made everything so easy to understand.

Fantastic video, you don't try to impress anyone, you tell it as it is cheers .

@retrorestore

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Wow absolutely brilliant! Well done very knowledgeable

I put a new battery in my opel astra H last November and I noticed in the last couple of weeks it sounded like the battery was slowly going flat when I'd start the car in the morning. I did as you did diagnosing the drain on my battery and it was the radio that was causing between 1.24 and 1 amp drain so I removed the 10 amp fuse for the radio. This was very helpful, thanks.

This will definitely help me in the future :) Top man!

I had to laugh when the bolt dropped on the floor, don't you just hate it when that happens! Great vid, my dad's got a similar problem on a 300tdi Disco, now I know how to check it. Thanks 😁

Great video Martin.

Very interesting . Great channel 👍😎

Good video mate. I learnt something there, cheers. 👍🏼

100% solid gold video. 👏

very helpful thanks Martin, happy new year pal.

@retrorestore

3 жыл бұрын

Happy new year Carl.

Well done Martin another great video

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks William

Great video. Handy to check my 1.9 vectra.

Anyone else miss seeing Jimmy's garage and the trotter van?

@christophermason1574

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah hopefully Jimmy is settling in to his new unit and Martin can get down the recording us a video, then get on with the acclaim and get rid so he can get on with the trotter van

your a hero mate have seen this vid before but just done my grandsons moter great vid ta very much

You are great and thank you for sharing your knowledge!

@retrorestore

7 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Great video Martin easy to follow explanations great help in tackling similar issues. 👍👍

@retrorestore

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Thanks Martin never new how to do that brilliant info

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Col

Great video. Loved that you left the dropping the nut part in - who hasn't had this happen to them - although with a lot more swearing in my case!!

@retrorestore

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Excellent video - thank you! (and love the moment where you lose the nut on the gravel - happens to us all!)

@retrorestore

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Good fault finding Martin Also nice to see im not the only one working out in this recent cold weather😂 I had a different electrical problem on my diesel zafira A few months back. It took me 3 charged up batteries to find fault in the end like you did with pulling fuses. My problem was a faulty glow plug relay staying on all the time. Luckily it’s starting ok in this cold cold weather so glow plugs seem to be working ok. I wouldn’t want to be taking those out with over 200,000 miles on the clock. Keep up the good work on the great channels you have mate. 👍

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Jason, 200,000 miles, that's done some work lol

As usual another great video Martin, shall be trying this tomorrow on my van that as a power drain, I’d have never thought of that, I’m good with cars but not the electrical side of things, have a Merry Christmas to you and your family.

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud.

Exceptional video Martin. I have to say, I am chuffed with how you explained the issue to diagnosis and remedial fix, in layman’s terms. I have learnt something new today, which I never knew how to do. Thank you sir 👏🏼 As always, a credit to your channel.

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick, I like to keep it simple.

Hello Martin. Been away a while. Glad to be back. Watching from the dining room at physical therapy.

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud. Hope you are OK

Love the dell boy accent and voice

Excellent as ever

Martin that is good info for future diagnostic if my battery goes flat. THANKS

A very helpful video ,thanks

Great video mate, I know how to check the charge but not how to check for a drain on the system, I do now thanks for showing how to do it, atb cheers

Hi Martin i had the same problem on 2 of my cars and both were down to the starter motors being u/s. Replaced the starter motors in both cars and cured the problem. Keep up the good work

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Nice one. Its fine now I removed the Parrot and the radio was causing the power drain.

@pewlivepie5006

8 ай бұрын

@@retrorestore what is a Parrot? in this context

@retrorestore

8 ай бұрын

@@pewlivepie5006 A telephone remote kit.

I’ve got a volt /usb power socket in my van Good video

Great vid Martin 👍

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Jamie

Brilliant vid Martin....seen loads of vids on here with ppl making it look complicated and using hundreds of pounds worth of equipment. 👌👌👌

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

I like to keep it simple Dave lol

@neilwalsh4058

3 жыл бұрын

I'm an electrician in my 50's and using standard test kit and tracing theory has always worked. All this fancy test gadgetry is to supposedly make it easier, but I find the tried and tested old ways are easier to do with better results. Like a lot of things these days, far too complicated and trying to bypass basic electrical principles for people who don't understand them. All the gear and no idea, springs to mind! 😂😂

Pretty Polly is the problem someone prob rigged it up to permanent live 🙄😉 let us know the outcome Martin , good vid as always 👍

well explained martin

Nice job mate. I use a spray grease on the bat terminals and earth leads find it works well after you clean them up. Your Right probably is the parrot system as it maybe it on the permanent live to stereo. Ach well fixed for now.👍👍

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Yes Ali, I think that's the case too.

Thanks very much for a clear concise video.

@retrorestore

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Nice one, some good tips.

Great video, i have the same problem on my opel astra h 2006, i will check everything tomorow

long time mate great vid just the job electrical no go for me cheers mate have great xmas

At last Martin thanks for showing us how to use a multimeter to find battery drain.

Great vid martin learn alot tonight on how to test thing brill.

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

One thing to mention is that on a battery that is not new you can have an increased internal resistance in the battery due to age. When testing the battery with a meter it can show 12 volts at the terminals when not under load but when the starter motor is engaged the voltage at the battery terminals can drop to 8 or 9 volts. This is not enough to turn the starter motor over. I had that problem. It doesn’t apply to the battery in this video because the battery was new but worth remembering for older batteries. 😎

Good vid Martin top information.

Thanks for the help

brilliant video. very interesting, thanks

Great video - thankyou friend

Nice work 👍

Thank you.

New subscriber here thanks alot this may cure the problem i am having on my diesal mokka same engine

Thank you so much.. my mariva was doing the same

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

Hello Martin, like all your videos

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you John.

Amazing video!!!

Sure I heard somewhere if u leave a CD in the cd player it stops the radio coming on by itself,bit of a common fault. Very good tutorial on find a battery drain bud

Very enjoyable and a constructive approach how do checks which Are very helpful to someone whom is a novice saving time and money 💰 Try yourself it’s fun to learn I always believed and practiced what I preached a driver should have a rudimentary knowledge of a. Vehicle they drive First class content martin 👍👍👍👍👍

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

That's the trouble these days Chris, people no longer practice these simple skills.

I think even Leon will give you a pat on the back for that video. Well done, learned lots with this video. Have a fiat with the same problem ie battery goes flat and it is a new one

Very helpful video

good job mate

Thanks

nicely explained video

Good job

Thanks great info mate so I will subscribe cheers 😎

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud

Another way of doing it without disconnecting the battery is measure the voltage across each fuse, low mv=low current draw, high mv= high current draw

Good video. Keep it up

Fantastic video Martin my guess is that hands free set I had one on my old Toyota and it gave the same trouble

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

I've removed it now Aaron

@aaronhajzyk

4 жыл бұрын

Was it the parrot kit ??

Great tip that pal! My 306 has a bit of a flicker on tick over, its done it since I have owned the car, so I wonder if there could be a little problem like this.

It's worth noting that Vauxhalls will switch off extra equipment after aprox. 30 minutes, after you've taken the key out the ignition and shut the doors. So that 1A draw would/should/could drop down to much less after 30 minutes without touching the car (the battery would need to remain connected for this time! Otherwise everything will reinitialise as you reconnect it, and you'd have to start timing 30 minutes again).

@retrorestore

3 жыл бұрын

The radio was faulty bud, its been fine since we disconnected it.

Great explanation Martin...really enjoy your car vids. I always drop nuts and things into the engine bay too!..lol Did you find the nut?

@retrorestore

4 жыл бұрын

No I didn't lol

You are a boss!

Great video, super helpful and I'm betting its the parrot system causing the issue, hate them. So many of these had parrot systems installed and they're a nightmare! Super helpful video especially for these Vauxhalls, so many of them have ended up in the tat yard for power drain issues. I've had 3 that have suffered this. One was the Nav system connector (parrot fault), one was the Dashboard instrument cluster set (corroded at the back must've gotten wet inside) and on my most recent one the headlight light connectors were full of crud. Other people suffer with glow plug shorts and alternator diodes. Could make a fortune just fixing this issue on these 04-10 Vauxhalls 🤣

@retrorestore

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it was that causing the power drain. Been fine since I sorted it.

@LucifersTear

2 жыл бұрын

@@retrorestore Great news, I bet most of the Astra's, Zafira's and Vectra's on the heap are down to power drain issues like this, it's a shame as they're great cars otherwise. They don't like their wires being messed with, especially by parrot kits, the OEM battery was never good enough for the bigger engines in the first place, sticking the power-hungry parrot on it was where many people whet wrong 😂

👍Thank you