wierd noise around my battery?!?!?!

[chad1200]

it's cold here in TX and my car is off. i'm hearing this very fast clicking noise around my battery. it stops when i turn my key to start the car, though. i went down stairs to grab a log for the fire and it started again. any ideas????

[stephenbaird]

wow - sounds crazy!

Just going to throw this out there, but I'm wondering if it's due to the colder temperature and somehow it's shorted out a wire/connection that is now closer together (ie. colder temperatures will cause things to shrink /or move closer together) and when you turn the key, it switches that shorted connection over to another electrical path thus eliminating the short that naturally exists when at rest.

...just a thought

Good luck!

[chad1200]

thanks Step! that's kind of what i was thinking, too. that scares me becasuse i installed a ground wire kit a few months ago. YIKES!

one of my buddy's said it might be my anti-lock brakse recharging, too. wierd. we'll see if she starts in the morning.

[chad1200]

i forgot to mention it's rainy, too. it's 8 a.m. now and my park lights are randomly turning off and on. there's also a different noise. it sounds like a constant beeeeeeeeep. wierd. definitely electrical. i'm betting someting got wet.

[G_whizz]

I would definitely check your wiring kit connections.

Nice to see your still here Chad... I thought you were M.I.A.

[chad1200]

i'm always lurking in the background.

yeah, when i drove it this morning my Slip and VDC lights were on. when i got to my client's office i turned my car off and turned it back on and it was fine. must have been that huge puddle i went through. mental note!