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[martinjcarnut]

Hi everyone, I've lived in Costa Brava Spain for 24 years, and have a 2006 SC 430 which I have owned for 6 years. I know this model suffers from Battery problems if not used regularly but I think the lights inside the boot may be staying on when the lid is closed. Could anyone tell me what controls these lights, as I have looked everywhere for a switch without success. These cars are very rare in Spain, my owners manual is in Spanish, and does not seem to have any information on the subject. Any help would be much appreciated.   

 

[royoftherovers]

5 minutes ago, martinjcarnut said:

Hi everyone, I've lived in Costa Brava Spain for 24 years, and have a 2006 SC 430 which I have owned for 6 years. I know this model suffers from battery problems if not used regularly but I think the lights inside the boot may be staying on when the lid is closed. Could anyone tell me what controls these lights, as I have looked everywhere for a switch without success. These cars are very rare in Spain, my owners manual is in Spanish, and does not seem to have any information on the subject. Any help would be much appreciated.   

 

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Try this Martin.

[mr2lad]

I had problems with my SC’s Battery going flat and thought the same, so disconnected them but following week Battery flat again,

was told to switch stereo off prior to parking up as amp will still be live and drawing a current if you leave it on and switch ignition off...

not had a flat Battery since

[Neil E]

I don't have access to check the connections at present but you could just disconnect the boot lights to see if that is the issue.

[Chris Skelton]

I took my boot bulbs out.

Interesting info on the amp/hi-fi though.

I never used to plip the alarm on my LS 400, for same reason.

[Neil E]

Yes it's one of the known faults that can develop with the ML amp. With this particular fault, switching off the head unit prevents the amp from drawing power. I had this on the RX300. Replacing the amp cured the issue.  

[Ally430SC]

Hi Martin,

I am aware the Battery is an issue on the SC but I've not suffered this as I use a trickle charger if leaving the car garaged for more than a week. This seems to work well.

Where on the Costa Blanca are you as I spend a lot of time in Javea.

[martinjcarnut]

Hi Ally,

Thanks for your reply, I live on the Costa Brava, in Roses, near the French border.

I have a cousin who has a house in Javea, about six hours drive south.

Do you leave the trickle charger on all the time? I have one for my motor bike which should do the job.

The boot lights are not the problem on my car and I never leave the stereo on, so this would seem to be a solution. 

 Thanks to everyone who replied to my post