Hi all, thanks for all your time in trying to help me sort this out. You've all got a lot of patience dealing with this Stacka bloke ha ha.
Also thanks Kent and Terry, glad you're both still around here too.
Ok, my ignition has always been off throughout this process.
Also, the original offending alarm was thrown in the bin as soon as it played up, meaning all wiring has been reconnected without the alarm there to give me any further grief.
I did misunderstand the instructions cos it was mentioned I should:
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attach the leads between the negative terminal of the battery and the frame with key off.
So I simply attached the probe "between the negative terminal" and not the negative wire. My mistake.
I did try doing it the correct way originally though but not with much success.
Before we go any further with this little drama of mine, I want to mention how throughout today I've been testing the battery's voltage to see if there has been any significant drop from it's original 12.7 Volts. Well just before beddy byes (bed time) which was over eight hours from the original measurement, the voltage drop was only .01 volts difference, i.e. From 12.8v to 12.7v.
I don't want to get too excited but that amount doesn't sound like it's a lot to be concerned about really and wouldn't flatten the battery in a hurry I wouldn't have thought.
I also wanted to mention how I thought just perhaps it may have been my GPS which was drawing power, as I for the first time kept it connected via my handlebar attached BMW socket. It's only a long shot and I will have to do some more tests but who knows.
Anyway, first thing in the morning I'm going to check if there was any further power drain and go from there.
Cheers
stacka
