battery keeps dying

[Ek_Alex]

i have a 96 civic ex i just recently bought an alternator and battery but ive had to change my battery three times what could it be a ground... cable ..fuse need help asap or could it be my new slim hid lights from xentec i recently put on plzzz help

 

[lotz6996]

could be a battery draw somewhere, but how did you wire your lights, the ballasts could still be drawing some power and draining your battery.

 

[98 coupe]

i agree if you think its your hid's then unplug them for the night and see if that helps. why did you put a new bat and alt in.

 

[leothelion]

Do you have a battery tester? see if you can find one. then hook it up and see what its drawing when the car is off and on. then unplug stuff and see what happens to the load. by process of elimination you should be able to fine out what is causing the drain.

 

[Ek_Alex]

battery

i pt in a new battery cause the orignal one went out like not power at all ppl at autozone said it was completely out of power or something that it messed up their machine so i bougth a new one and it was fine for about 5 or 6 months so i decided to buy spark plug wires and spark plugs and it was kool for 3 months and just last week my alternator went out so i bought it and now my battery is dying but i think i found the problm a lite in my trunk stayed on the wire that opens the truck got loose and was toching metal therefore lite would stay on and i took my hids off and got a replacemnet battery 'warrnty" so my car is fine for now i also saw that my wire that srcews on was green and burnt and almost coming off

 

[98 coupe]

the ground wire? are you saying that its corroded, if so thats common but i would replace the ground cable so you have a good connection, otherwise you might still have charging issues. good find on the trunk light!

 

[emerican]

Glad to hear you got it figured out man.