Hello! I drive a 2000 Camry. The battery recently died and I jumped it using a portable battery jumper (DJS50 made by DB Power). Like a dum-dum, I failed to read the instruction manual thoroughly and missed the part where you have to wait for a light on the device to turn green before attempting a jump. Nothing happened and the engine never cranked. No dash lights or anything turned on. I ended up calling AAA to replace the battery (during the process they successfully jumped it too with a different device). But ever since, there is a parasitic draw somewhere in the system – there are dashboard lights that don’t turn off even when the keys are completely out of the ignition and the fans can be turned on.
My question is: could the short have happened when I attempted the ignition, even though the device wasn’t “ready”? Is it likely that that’s what happened?
Here’s the manual:
The side door way of finding a draw. Disconnect the battery Connect in series with the hot battery lead a 12v test light. It should light up if you’re drawing anything. Now one by one, start pulling and replacing fuses. If you are luckily youll isolate it. When you pull the forbidden fuse, the light should go off. If not so lucky all roads lead to an expensive bit. Best part-free fun afternoon attempting to save yourself beer money- for the next year