Miata Mailing List: March 1999, Message #513

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Flash to pass should be a diode not a resistor.  Check the
garage section on Miata.Net, it in the electrical group.


Tom Blough &
"Molly" '99 Red LP
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-----Original Message-----
From: miata@realbig.com [mailto:miata@realbig.com]On Behalf
Of
Ken.Walker@frco.com
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 12:46 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: 127mA... is that really NORMAL? (Flash to Pass)


Bruce,

Thanks for the info.  I pulled every freakin' fuse I could
except for the main.
I couldn't get that one out of there, even with a pair of
pliers.  Thinking back
though, I installed a 100Ohm resistor for the "Flash to
Pass" modification the
folks on the .net talked about a while back.

Does anyone remember how to do that mod?  The flash to pass
feature doesn't work
anymore and I assumed the resistor slipped out somewhere and
is causing the
problem.  I would love to pull it but I don't remember where
I put it!  Ok, its
been a few years...

I bought the car brand new, special order.  There is no
alarm system in it other
than a kill switch that doesn't let anyone start it if the
switch is on.  I
hadn't tried that circuit for the leak but I didn't think it
could be it.

Anyone remember the Flash to Pass headlight mod?

Thanks (again),

kjw &
ICE-CUBE


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Subject: Re: 127mA... is that really NORMAL?
Author:  brucelabitt@empire.net at INTERNET-MAIL
Date:    3/3/99 11:07 PM


At 07:26 PM 3/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I put an AMP meter in series with the battery to check for
a
>"leak" somewhere in the system and with the car and
everything else turned
off,
>there is still 127mA coursing through the system.  Is that
normal?

I have a 94, but this is definitely NOT normal.  The "dark"
current should
only be around 20 mA IIRC.

Did you try pulling the radio fuse?  Sometimes there is a
some sort of
memory circuit that needs a keep alive current.  How about
the remnants of
an alarm?  I found out I had one the spring after I pulled
my battery for
the winter!  Can you say LOUD!  Ripped that thing out...

Do you have a CB or any other electronics installed?  The
only other thing
I can think of is an injured harness or wire rubbing against
the frame
somewhere.

Good luck, hope you find it.

>3. Should I plan on disconnecting the battery when I don't
plan to drive it
>for a week?
>
I think you  should until you find the problem.

>4. Why does my idle hunt like crazy for a couple of days
after disconnecting
>and re-connecting the battery?  Is there a way to get
around or to fix this?
>

Low battery conditions can cause idle hunting.  I have a
little excess dark
current, and find that a 2A over night charge fixes all
sorts of engine droop.

>Thanks everyone for your help, and don't be shy about
saying hello!!
>

Hi!

>Phredd, do you have any whiskey left?
>
When I was at Heathrow I picked up a bottle of 18 year old
Glenmorangie.
Does that count?
>

Bruce Labitt
94R No Cool name yet, though my daughter likes Reddy
Nashua NH

Unopened bottle... Need a good excuse...