chasing down a battery drain
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Drifting
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From: Fairview Heights Illinois, near Saint Louis MO, STL C3 Shark
chasing down a battery drain
If I leave my 76 parked for more than a day or two without the trickle charger attached, the batter runs dead. I've charged it fully before and used a multi-meter on every fuse on the fuse block to try and find and isolate the circuit. I can only find drain on the fuse that runs the interior lights when the door is open. If I press the little button, the drain goes away. So if I can't find the drain at the fuse box, then were else could it be? could the alternator or starter have something to do with it? If so, how could I check it? The alternator charges the batter fine if/when I need to jump it if I forget to leave the battery charger on.
I know this type of question is asked all the time,
Jeremy (ruby76)
I know this type of question is asked all the time,
Jeremy (ruby76)
Drifting
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From: Hagerstown MD
I had a similar problem on one of my other cars. It was a bear to find the problem. I disconnected the negative battery cable and completed the circuit with a continuity light. It was burning, not brightly, but enough to tell me that there was a significant drain. Pulled fuses one at a time until I found one that would cause the light to go out. It turned out to be the dashboard clock, which was broken anyway.
