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    New car radio flattened my battery

    Sadly yes, I already tried that in the hope that it might help. No dice... :-(
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    New car radio flattened my battery

    Yeah, it might come to that. I'll see what LG come back with and then decide whether or not to be lazy and abandon it :-)
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    New car radio flattened my battery

    No, I'm not hopeful either, but the fact that the current is NOT coming from the ignition wire gives me at least a glimmer of hope that it's a "soft" issue rather than a hardware design problem**. But what are the chances that they're firmware upgradeable via CD? Not good I suspect :-) And...
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    New car radio flattened my battery

    Hmm, maybe we're talking at cross-purposes here. To clarify: 1. There are cars out there that do not cut the power to the ignition wire in the radio harness when the key is removed (of which my Punto is one). 2. LG assert that their stereo is compatible with any car. I can't reconcile...
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    New car radio flattened my battery

    Indeed. But is it reasonable for a stereo to draw so much current when "off"? It makes it unusable in cars like mine (without modifying the car's wiring)...
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    New car radio flattened my battery

    Yup, already did it. My multimeter was on the 10A range (didn't want to blow the fuse by using the 200mA range), and I couldn't see anything at all except a small short pulse of current on first connection, a few tens of mA probably. It's a pretty basic meter, so the current was less than...
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    New car radio flattened my battery

    On some cars I guess that's possible (and indeed LG asked if I had the wires the right way around). However, on the Punto it doesn't make any difference, as both wires are at 12V, *all* the time. Herein lies the root of the problem :-) (And I presume it's the same for any car which...
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    New car radio flattened my battery

    Thanks for the replies guys. Some more thoughts and an update... I agree 140mA doesn't sound like much at all, but if you work it out, it's about 3.5Ah per day. Car batteries don't seem to be sold by Ah any more, but a wee car like a Punto probably has a ~ 40Ah battery. Given that it's not...
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    New car radio flattened my battery

    Car: 1996 Fiat Punto 55SX Stereo: LG LAC3700R - £50 from Halfords on half-price offer :-) I installed the LG stereo to replace a dying Fiat original unit. Worked fine, but I noticed the car was reluctant to start once or twice, and then today it wouldn't start at all. I checked the...
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    Bosch Exxcel 1200 Express Washing machine - Drum not turning

    Hi - I'm just curious: did you manage to buy your replacement brushes in a local shop? (I got mine mail-order as I couldn't figure out what shops might stock them, despite a good bit of net searching...) ta Neil PS: I was assuming you didn't get 'em mail-order as both your posts were today...
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    Zanussi WJS1397W washer-drier motor maybe kaput

    Thanks for the info. I spent a while studying the first picture in your previous thread, wondering what the problem was on the PCB. I then scrolled down and it quickly became apparent :-) It did turn out to be the brushes. Under pressure from SWMBO, I pressed ahead and bought some and...
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    Zanussi WJS1397W washer-drier motor maybe kaput

    Hi... The machine was making what I thought was a tapping/rattling sound (like maybe something having sneaked through a hole in the drum), but later I noticed it was only when the motor was "on". I then thought it might be a crackling sound - brushes? Anyway, 20 minutes later the motor...
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