battery drain.
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Drifting
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From: port charlotte fl
battery drain.
Anyone have any ideas about this? Battery is good,almost new.If I charge it up and disconnect(I have an isolator switch) it will hold a full charge.If I connect it, by morning it's dead flat.I've pulled all the fuses and checked for a drain and can't find anything. Disconnected the alternator in case of a bad diode but no change.Something,somewhere is pulling the damn thing down but I can't seem to find it.Anyone got any ideas?
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There are 6 or 7 fusible links at the rear of the battery in addition to the fuses. Disconnect them and then add back one at a time. A clamp-on DC current meter is handy. What year is the vehicle?
Drifting
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Anyone have any ideas about this? Battery is good,almost new.If I charge it up and disconnect(I have an isolator switch) it will hold a full charge.If I connect it, by morning it's dead flat.I've pulled all the fuses and checked for a drain and can't find anything. Disconnected the alternator in case of a bad diode but no change.Something,somewhere is pulling the damn thing down but I can't seem to find it.Anyone got any ideas?
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Drifting
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From: port charlotte fl
Thanks for the suggestions but I cracked it. Heard this relay cycling at the rear and traced it to the antenna.It should cut off when it's fully down but it wasn't doing that. Surprisingly it's not on a fused circuit. Live and learn eh!.
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I've got the same issue, but haven't fixed it yet. I believe the problem is in the power antenna motor and how it senses the antenna as being fully retracted. I disconnected the gray plug from the antenna relay to stop the draw, which doesn't allow the antenna to go up or down for the moment.