Battery Drain

[rice400]

Did you

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[rice400]

Thats a pretty substantial

[Trcustoms719]

Yup,

[Matt]

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Did you

[rice400]

key out of the ignition and wait up to an hour for it to power down

[Noneotherbadboy]

Well when I first hooked everything up it said 1.35 amps then it dropped to 0.80 amps in about 1 min and i pulled fuses for both under the hood and under the dash.I found some where online saying that a

[spelunkerd]

The other confusing thing about pulling fuses is that on some circuits, replacing the fuse of that circuit may wake up the computer, which could increase draw while your test is ongoing. So, if you think that is your problem then you need to pull each fus

[college man]

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Well when I first hooked everything up it said 1.35 amps then it dropped to 0.80 amps in about 1 min and i pulled fuses for both under the hood and under the dash.I found some where online saying that a

[rice400]

Thats kind of what I’m thinking too, but if you want to test it you could just disconnect the

[dreamer2355]

A shorted diode will cause a battery drain but that check is usually a last resort if pulling the fuses to try and isolate the drain fail.

[Matt]

I hadn’t thought of a shorted diode in an alternator causing a

[Noneotherbadboy]

Thanks for all the help. I found what is was it was five fuses draining my battery. The problem now is that i have no idea what there for.They are called Switched System Power Relay #4,

[EricTheCarGuy]

You now need a wiring diagram to tell you what those fuses go to, here’s a link._x000D_
http://www.bbbind.com/tech_database.html

[Noneotherbadboy]

Thanks Eric but i have no idea how to read a wiring diagram.

[Noneotherbadboy]

Hey I read the diagram and those fuses go to the front and rear electronic modules. How do i test them.

[Matt]

Which electronic modules bud?

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