Bongo Fury

Had the dreaded.. key in.. click.. chug.. nothing..

Jumped from other car, started first time... went for a 15 minute drive.. all seems ok.

Alternator is giving around 13.6v to SB when running.

I connected voltmeter to check for parasitic drain.. found it is drawing around 0.043Amps (43milliamps)
LB is having around 0.083Amps draining.
Bongo is configured for fuses 1,6,7,8 to LB.

I tried pulling all cabin fuses one at a time, only one that made difference is fuse 17 (Sliding door) that seems to be drawing 0.003amps.

I pulled the engine IGN fuse and that stopped the 0.040 draw.



After pulling IGN fuse


Any idea what to check next?
Or is 0.043 ok?

Depending on the year of your Bongo, the later ones have a bulb over the ignition switch which stays of for a while after locking / unlocking so that may be adding to your current readings. A drain of 43mA is nothing to worry about: the digital clock I have draws more than that. I'd be looking at getting the battery tested with a proper load testing gauge (a drop test I think it's known as).

Got to agree, 43mA is acceptable, you have things like remote key fob receiver drawing current, radio backup supply, ECU backup, lighting delay circuits etc all draw a bit.

You should be getting more than 13.6v when the alternator is charging, but its fine if its 13.6v when at idle, if you give it a little rev say 1000 to 1500 RPM it should rise to 14.4-14.6volts.

.. What Geoff says is 100%.

Perhaps your battery is dead? Even at "only" 13.6v under charge, it should get enough to keep things ticking along