Sylvania Silverstar draining battery? EDIT it was not draini

AlbertFattal · **Joined:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:15 pm **Posts:** 44

I installed a pair of Sylvania Silverstars (Which I Love) and when I leave the headlights on for the 30 seconds that they stay on after taking the key out of the ignition, it drains the battery. This started happening after a week of its install.

Can somebody help me understand why this is happening?

ItalianBarista · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2006 8:15 am

hmmm I"m not quite sure if that should be happening at all. A bunch of us on here have the Silverstars and I'm not aware of another incident like that. Do you have any other type of equipment that pulls a lot of power like a huge audio system or some TVs or perhaps a refrigerator? (sorry, the last one was a joke) :roll:

AlbertFattal · **Joined:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:15 pm **Posts:** 44

It is completely stock, the silver stars are the only mod this KJ has ever seen. Though I must admit I do have a refrigerator in my kitchen

Maybe I installed it wrong? I unplug the battery wire while doing the install, unplug the stock HID and plug the Sylvanias in and connected the battery wire back.

Wasatch15 · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:52 am **Posts:** 242

Have your battery checked. It sounds like it is getting weak.

AlbertFattal · **Joined:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:15 pm **Posts:** 44

Thats the wierd part, shouldnt my low battery light and chime come on when its almost drained on my consol?

Troysterr · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:40 am

Silverstars draw no more current than the OEM bulbs. They aren't brighter, just "whiter". If you see a change in behavior since they were installed, maybe there's a short or something, but I don't think you can blame the bulbs, unless one is severely defective.

Skyjump136 · **Joined:** Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:50 pm **Posts:** 1633

I'd guess your battery is going bad. It is probably just a coincidence that you added the Silverstars at the same time.

peebut · **Joined:** Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:05 pm **Posts:** 37

Take it to Auto Zone or something like it. They test all that stuff for free.

2003KJ · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2006 8:19 pm

AlbertFattal wrote:

Thats the wierd part, shouldnt my low battery light and chime come on when its almost drained on my consol?

Not usually. I've never seen them come on for a dead battery....they usually only come on if you have a problem with your alternator...like failure while the engine it running, and the light will come on as things begin to slowly die one by one.

boxhead · **Joined:** Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:14 pm **Posts:** 186

You can have a bad cell in your battery with no warning, until things don't work and the vehicle won't start.

skrracing · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:22 pm

battery for dang sure Albert...Later...Clint

zskys · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:29 pm

2003KJ wrote:

AlbertFattal wrote:

Thats the wierd part, shouldnt my low battery light and chime come on when its almost drained on my consol?

Not usually. I've never seen them come on for a dead battery....they usually only come on if you have a problem with your alternator...like failure while the engine it running, and the light will come on as things begin to slowly die one by one.

I can vouch for that. My battery died last week. There were no warning signs. I stopped by the post office on the way to work in the morning. When I got back to the car, it wouldn't start. No starting problems in the past 45 months. No lights flickering/dimming or anything like that. Installed a new battery and no problems since.

AlbertFattal · **Joined:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:15 pm **Posts:** 44

Thank you for the help!

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