Battery drain: LoJack?
I keep accidently deleting my post after long paragraphs of info have already been typed up some sort of way. This is my third attempt. I'm getting frustrated so please bare with me. I doubt make model and year have anything to do with the problem I'm having but I have a 2004 Chevy Avalanche.
I was playing my music (aftermarket stereo and amp) from the truck while working on another project. Eventually the battery went dead. i jump started the truck and I thought everything was okay but it wasn't. After driving around to charge the battery a bit but the next morning my truck did not start. I tried a few things but long story short I ended up buying another battery. The next morning same result, my truck did not start.
A mechanic buddy of mine spent a full day trying to find a drain but could not pinpoint anything. He did however rewire the battery connections. This seemed to have fixed the problem for a little over a week. Well it all came to an end and my truck did not start in the morning for the last two days.
So I'm sitting in my truck this morning and I remember a device that fell from under my dash awhile back. I assumed it was a component of a Lojack system I had installed years ago when I first bought the truck in 2005. My truck is now old, so in my mind I'm thinking my truck is probably not worth stealing again so I wasn't immediately concerned about the part that fell . The part that fell looks like a battery pack. It occurred to me the LoJack might be draining my battery without this battery backup (if that's what it is).
And yes, I said my truck was stolen before. I had a kill switch installed.
I started looking in the area where the LoJack Device came from, which is also the area where my kill switch is. I notice a non-factory splice in the wires. GM didn't do it. I didn't do it. I don't think my stereo/alarm guy did it. I think either the LoJack guy or the kill switch guy did it. I'm going to follow up with LoJack or whoever is taking over for them and will include my findings later, but I wanted to start a thread to see if anyone had any input. I will also try to include some pics later as well.
I was playing my music (aftermarket stereo and amp) from the truck while working on another project. Eventually the battery went dead. i jump started the truck and I thought everything was okay but it wasn't. After driving around to charge the battery a bit but the next morning my truck did not start. I tried a few things but long story short I ended up buying another battery. The next morning same result, my truck did not start.
A mechanic buddy of mine spent a full day trying to find a drain but could not pinpoint anything. He did however rewire the battery connections. This seemed to have fixed the problem for a little over a week. Well it all came to an end and my truck did not start in the morning for the last two days.
So I'm sitting in my truck this morning and I remember a device that fell from under my dash awhile back. I assumed it was a component of a Lojack system I had installed years ago when I first bought the truck in 2005. My truck is now old, so in my mind I'm thinking my truck is probably not worth stealing again so I wasn't immediately concerned about the part that fell . The part that fell looks like a battery pack. It occurred to me the LoJack might be draining my battery without this battery backup (if that's what it is).
And yes, I said my truck was stolen before. I had a kill switch installed.
I started looking in the area where the LoJack Device came from, which is also the area where my kill switch is. I notice a non-factory splice in the wires. GM didn't do it. I didn't do it. I don't think my stereo/alarm guy did it. I think either the LoJack guy or the kill switch guy did it. I'm going to follow up with LoJack or whoever is taking over for them and will include my findings later, but I wanted to start a thread to see if anyone had any input. I will also try to include some pics later as well.