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Offline John Clayton

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How long will Alarm take to drain Battery?
« on: April 07, 2010, 14:29:55 »
My '94 Disco 300 TDI has a factory CATS Alarm and Immobiliser on it, complete with flashing red LED (and red LED on radio cassette).  It appears to trickle-drain the battery over time and I understand this is a common fault with Jags and Land Rovers of this age fitted with CATS. 

As a result I've fitted a DisCarNect device to the battery lead so the power can be cut off when the vehicle's not used for more than a few days

Has anybody else experienced this problem or know how to fix it?
How long will the battery last before it's no longer able to start the vehicle?
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Re: How long will Alarm take to drain Battery?
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2010, 19:00:24 »
Don't know exactly, but a couple of years ago I ended up with a flat battery over the winter months after a week so I fitted a small solar trickle charger from Maplins which seems to have solved it.
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Re: How long will Alarm take to drain Battery?
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2010, 19:59:27 »
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Re: How long will Alarm take to drain Battery?
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2015, 15:56:41 »
Actually I think that CATS [Computer Anti Theft System] is actually referring to the 'code' needed for the Stereo [rather than the alarm]
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Re: How long will Alarm take to drain Battery?
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2015, 10:59:55 »
It can be as little as a couple of days, especially this weather.  My sister's ended up with a split charge system, the car running from a leisure battery that is designed to be flattened and the starter running form the original battery.  It's easy to do without cutting any of the original wires on a TDi, you just need a 3 some battery wires, a short battery link and a 100 amp relay (like X-ENg sell).
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