Hi all technical experts out there,

Really need your informed opinion about my friend's 3 months old Honda Stream batteries woes. the following are what happened:

1) Installed Pivot Voltage stabiliser at 2.5 months old (genuine & installed in JB). Also fitted car with DVD player (wiring linked both CD player & DVD player)
2) Experienced flat battery (45amp) after 3 weeks from Pivot installation. Replaced with 60amp battery last week. Battery guy claimed Stream should come with 60amp batt, not 45amp. New 60amp batt went flat after he returned from a 4 days overseas trip. New batt only 1 week old.
3) Went back to dealer mechanic, check revealed nothing wrong with alternator (of course, Pivot was removed prior to inspection to avoid warranty issue)

Question:

a) Could the Pivot Voltage stabiliser caused the battery issue?
b) What should he do? Should he fix the Pivot back?

Please share your learned opinion. Many thanks.

Civic FD guy

try removing the pivot just to make sure. however, ive been running the HVS-GT which is similar for 2 yrs and my battery just now died (due to low electrolytes level) cause i never checked it. voltage stabilizer should not drain the battery, but its possible something else is using battery power even tho the car is off.

get a battery from autozone...

i have a 8(something like that) warrenty with a 3 year free replacment warenty...

ive already gotten it replaced once already...well worth the 80bucks. (get the yellow top one)

stupid carputer keeps draining my batt.

Hi Guys,

Appreciate your advice. Hope it will help my friend solve his problem.

Cheers

Done any current draw tests? Specifically w/ stabilizer and then again without.

Sure guys. The 1st week old batt regained proper voltage level after removing the Pivot. Advice him to monitor his car for a month without Pivot. Then test the batt condition. Should have better idea which the culprit then.