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Re: Help Finding a Short on my '83 944
| William Noble | 24 Aug 2006 05:52 |
have you removed the radio from the car? do that and measure again - radio
may be connected without fuse - it's not original is it?
> My concern is that even with ALL the fuses removed I was still showing
> a current drain. I had thought that it would be about nill. Am I
> correct or does this mean I have other problems like a bad relay
> somewhere????
>
> Thx!
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| York | 23 Aug 2006 14:23 |
My concern is that even with ALL the fuses removed I was still showing
a current drain. I had thought that it would be about nill. Am I
correct or does this mean I have other problems like a bad relay
somewhere????
Thx!
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| darthpup | 23 Aug 2006 14:16 |
Bill is right. You have something, probably the radio, drawing too
much current.
You will need to hunt it down.
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| William Noble | 23 Aug 2006 05:29 |
aaah, delet the "h" at the end, you meant 100mA - that's a tenth of an amp,
which is high - if you have a radio, remove it and measure again, the clock
doesn't draw that much current. My guess is a defective radio or defective
alarm (if you have an after market alarm) - typically a leaky capacitor
> 100mAh
>
>> Exactly what was the current drain from the "clock/radio" in
>> milliamperes?
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| York | 22 Aug 2006 23:54 |
100mAh
> Exactly what was the current drain from the "clock/radio" in
> milliamperes? |
| darthpup | 22 Aug 2006 23:35 |
Exactly what was the current drain from the "clock/radio" in
milliamperes?
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| York | 22 Aug 2006 20:40 |
Greetings!
The (new) battery on my '83 944 will go dead over the period of a few
days if left unattended. Not sure if it is related, but at night when
I drive with the headlites on I also noticed that the alternator idiot
lite will lite very, very dimly.
I hooked a meter up between the negative battery cable and ground and
starting pulling fuses but none of them had a significant effect on my
current draw --I only noticed a slight decrease when I pulled the fuse
for the clock / radio.
Has anyone had a similar problem? Any suggestions on what to check or
do next? Any feedback would be appreciated.
Cheers!
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