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BMWX5CHI 01-19-2015 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by diyanich (Post 1024378)
Does your charger have a 2 amps charge option?
if so,let the battery charger overnight at 2 amps for a couple of nights.That way your battery would get a deep charge instead of superficial caused by higher currents provided by the on board charging system.

The 2 amp setting wasn't recommended with my battery so I charged it with 4 amps. Just hope if there is a problem it isn't too serious.

BMWX5CHI 01-19-2015 11:08 PM

I just went out to my garage to see if I could see any extra lights on like the glove box or the radio screen on and didn't see anything besides the alarm light and the shifter light which has always stayed on. Couldn't hear any noises either. At least I can rule out those things.

Tomorrow I will check with multimeter and check for any draw after the 16 minutes. What should the multimeter read after the 16 minute sleep mode ????

diyanich 01-19-2015 11:47 PM

Interesting...how would 2 amps hurt?
Look for the hitch and telephone fuses in the trunk fuses compartment.
Even if you don't have any of those installed you may still have the fuses in place feeding some weird circuits with loose connectors making ground connections because of corrosion etc.

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Originally Posted by BMWX5CHI (Post 1024386)
The 2 amp setting wasn't recommended with my battery so I charged it with 4 amps. Just hope if there is a problem it isn't too serious.


BMWX5CHI 01-19-2015 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by diyanich (Post 1024403)
Interesting...how would 2 amps hurt?
Look for the hitch and telephone fuses in the trunk fuses compartment.
Even if you don't have any of those installed you may still have the fuses in place feeding some weird circuits with loose connectors making ground connections because of corrosion etc.

Yeah that's what I thought but I don't want to take any chances. Good idea those will definitely be one of the first things I check.

Qsilver7 01-20-2015 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BMWX5CHI (Post 1024356)
So the radio would of turned itself off if I left it on ? What about the tail gate lights ?

Yes, eventually. And the interior lights are designed to shuuut off after 15 minutes:

(from owners manual)

http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/q...itch%20off.jpg


(and here's some info about how much battery draw there is in various stages)

http://www.bimmerboard.com/members/q...ia%20P-Bus.jpg

omodos 01-20-2015 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by diyanich (Post 1024403)
Interesting...how would 2 amps hurt?
Look for the hitch and telephone fuses in the trunk fuses compartment.
Even if you don't have any of those installed you may still have the fuses in place feeding some weird circuits with loose connectors making ground connections because of corrosion etc.


Yup that is what I have done also, pulled telephone fuse (dont have phone installed) but best test was to get the multimeter hooked up to circuit and start pulling fuses and see what fuse causes a drop, all dependant on whether you sleep mode 'drain' is under 40ma if it is then you are ok I guess....like I mentioned in my posts I have a drain 0.02amps caused by fuse 83 (luggage compt socket - no issue as can do without it) and the darn fuse 43 ( instrument cluster- abit more tricky)

BMWX5CHI 01-20-2015 04:24 PM

Went to sears to get a decent multimeter and the battery light was flickering. Any thoughts ?

BMWX5CHI 01-20-2015 05:06 PM

I got 14.1 volts with engine running so alternator is good correct ? After I turn the engine off battery voltage goes to 12.3 I assume the battery is also ok ? Now I'm going to see if she goes into sleep mode and check is there is a draw.

Qsilver7 01-20-2015 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by BMWX5CHI (Post 1024520)
Went to sears to get a decent multimeter and the battery light was flickering. Any thoughts ?

That indicates something hinky with the alternator...during the time that it is flickering/flashing...it is not charging the battery.

I would suggest that if this happens again while driving around...open up OBC TEST 9 to see what the alternator/charging system voltage is at that time. You may have a regulator going bad in the alternator.

BMWX5CHI 01-20-2015 06:15 PM

Last night I fully charged the battery and this morning it was a bit drained again starter clicked a few times and she started up. The multimeter with the engine running is 14.1 so it looks like it's charging the battery but I think I might have a problem with the ''New" battery. I'm not finding any power draw so far. What is the normal voltage for a battery at rest ?


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