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I think so. And it's a lot cheaper and easier than carrying a spare battery in the boot. Lol

I have seen a remote control solenoid arrangement but that was about £80. Bit over the top for what I intend to do.

I sense a little of the "Del Boy" in you Brian. The hotel are happy to let me disconnect the battery as long as I leave instructions how to reconnect in case they have to move it. Have ordered one of these to make it easier for me and them...

True, I wonder how many call outs the breakdown services get for cars parked up in the airport ? Glad yours is ok now. Maybe mine will mysteriously cure itself. One can only hope. Lol. Think I may contact the hotel that we are parking at and see if I can self-park it. Then I could take the earth...

True, and the wife says her car is smirking. Just tried disconnecting rain sensor - no change. On the bright side, I now have a workshop manual and a wattmeter. Ce la vie. Thanks for all the help, encouragement and ***istance in my quest. Just a shame there wasn't a better outcome. Regards, Geoff

The fusebox arrived eventually, fitted it this morning. That's a tricky little job. Everything working as it should, Battery draw has dropped a bit but still recording 120ma over an hour period. Noticed the alarm led is flashing much slower now, so that could be the difference I suppose. DMM...

Just a quick update. Waiting for fusebox to arrive. Bought from Bournemouth but it is being sent from Poland. Hope it makes a difference.

It arrived today, struggling now to install Internet Explorer - I'm a Firefox user, and it won't run on that. Duh !!!!

Given my battery going down problem, mine does the same. Only for the first couple of miles - think it's the alternator putting out a high load to start the battery charge.

Hi there, I've just removed a Parrot CK3100 from my car. The only bits missing are the microphone and dashboard control display. The main box is here and the mute? box with the loom. It's going in the bin if there's no use for it. I have no idea if its working as thats the way it was when I...

Thanks, had an email reply earlier. Told me it should be here tomorrow. Hope so need to see how to get the trim panels out of the way to change the fusebox.

On the subject of repair manuals. I ordered one last Thursday. Anyone got any idea how long they take to arrive ? Geoff

Hi, just an observation. My satnav comes on at ACC position on the key.

Hi. Started with the wattmeter connected Just ma showing. Clipped resistor in parallel then removed wattmeter leads Readings as above. Good explanation about the radio having effect on canbus system but strange going flat so quickly.

Just spent an hour removing the Parrot wiring, and found what I think is a "mute" box. The wiring had been cut going into the SRS control box, looping into the Parrot module and then back to the SRS box. Wonderful sparky did that job, all connections crimped. I've removed it all and repaired...

Checked the resistance of the 1 ohm resistors and they are bang on 1 ohm. Have measured the drain using the 1 ohm resistor and the DIGITAL MM and oscilloscope using mv as ma. Conected the DMM up first to get an idea and not to risk my o'scope. Fluctuating between 22 and 48 ma. Connected o'scope...

Your right, I got excited when I saw it. LOL Shows DTC's without a reader. Anyway I'm commited now to try changing fuse box. If it doesn't work I have no idea where to go next - just make sure the car gets used every few days and suffer the Passat to go away. If the weather dries up later, I'll...

Hi. There is a test socket on the fusebox to take a plug that shorts the two pins in the socket. Any error codes in the can bus are displayed on the odometer. If more than one they can be cycled through with the odo set button. Decoding the codes may throw some light on the problem. I picked...

Don't really know what to think now. Given that I have disconnected as much as I can from fuse 7 I wonder if just disconnecting is enough or does there need to be a substitution of each module. I take your point about the wiring but don't know what else can be done other than removing the add...

No nothing. Checked again yesterday evening after all the electrical investigations.