What did you do today for your bug out vehicle?

[NT2C]

Oh, I know how to do it Mac.  There's two reasons, no, three, that I'm not.  1) The batteries (pair) are under the front passenger seat and a complete PITA to access.  2) The dealer is treating this as a warranty issue so it isn't costing me a dime.  3) The dealer wants me to remove ALL the electrical things I've added.  All the lights, radios, etc., which ain't happening. 

And besides, I found and fixed the problem.  The module for my strobe headlights and taillights was keeping the CANbus active even while the vehicle was off, with a 1.2A draw, so I added this and that fixes the issue without having to plug/unplug the thing all the time:



So long as I do my part and remember to flip the switch when I'm parking at home then that kills power to that module and only that module. 

[MacWa77ace]

So long as I do my part and remember to flip the switch when I'm parking at home then that kills power to that module and only that module. 

I seemed to remember you fixed it. I thought the fuse thing was much easier than any way I'd try to diagnose a drain and it was a 'new to me' troubleshooting technique.

Don't you have battery jump/charging points somewhere for easier access that you could use for something like this?

That switched connector goes between your harness and the ECU? Where? do you have to open your hood to flip the tube switch?




This is the only thing I know about Jeeps; If you're a chick, you have to add rubber ducks. 

[eugenenine]

@NT2C weren't you looking for a suspected battery drain on the jeep a while ago? Just found this tip from scotty on how to locate shorts/drains using a power meter and the car's fusebox.

that part starts around the 5 minute mark in the video. I'm filing this in some some rarely used brain cells for future use myself. 

I have an intermittent drain. I can go weeks at a time without a problem but then it will drain the battery in a couple days.
When I disconnect the battery or fuses to put an ampmeter inline it resets whatever was causing the drain so it doesn't do it with the meter connected,

[NT2C]

So long as I do my part and remember to flip the switch when I'm parking at home then that kills power to that module and only that module. 

I seemed to remember you fixed it. I thought the fuse thing was much easier than any way I'd try to diagnose a drain and it was a 'new to me' troubleshooting technique.

Don't you have battery jump/charging points somewhere for easier access that you could use for something like this?

That switched connector goes between your harness and the ECU? Where? do you have to open your hood to flip the tube switch?




This is the only thing I know about Jeeps; If you're a chick, you have to add rubber ducks. 

The cord plugs into the OBD-II socket and then the module, which had been in the OBD-II, gets plugged into the other end.  It;s a little long for my needs so so I need to figure out how I want to secure it.  For now, gaffer tape does the deed. 

Ducks have nothing to do with the driver, it's a way of showing appreciation of the Jeep, how it's configured and what it's done.  And that picture...I'll just say that those ducks are probably ones the owner bought and stuck there because that grille is called "Angry Eyes" and almost universally loathed amongst "real Jeepsters".  You know, the ones who take their rigs further off-road than the grass field parking area at the county fair.