Honda Car Forum

my sons civic battery light came on so we put in new alternator. He drove seven miles and light came on again so i tested alternator and it was putting out 20 volts, ruining alternator and battery. i got a new battery and alternator but didnt put alt. in but put battery in and checked static draw. it should only have 12-15 milliamps draw but is drawing clear off the scale. i tested continuity between unhooked pos and neg battery cables and have continuity so i have a short somewhere. i have looked everywhere i can think of but cant find a short. does anyone else know where to look?

Remove fuses 1 by 1 and keep checking current draw or resistance to isolat the circuit to investigate. It's probably the one going to his 8,000 mega watt amplifier for the sub woofer...cheers

It's a Honda, it doesn't break down, You are just imagining things. Like buddy said, remove fuse by fuse, How many Amps is it drawing? Off your scale means you need another Higher Amp meter. Things that would send it off the scale of most Amp Meters (10A) would be the Rad Fan, Rear Defroster, full head light system. A dead short would pop a fuse or blow a wire somewhere. The lights you would notice on. The Rad Fan might not be working, so a "stalled" fan would take up huge amouts of current... if it's the Rad Fan, change the relay after you fix the fan, it's probably damaged by all the inrush current. You can only test the rear defoger by disconnecting it... pull the fuse for it! Good luck. PS. Just kidding about "Its a Honda thing" but every sales man has always thrown that in my face.

Have the dealer check it out..