Chasing a parasitic drain
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Chasing a parasitic drain
So i read up on how to attach a meter to read amps and pull fuses to find out what's draining a battery, however i couldn't find whether or not i had to pull relays out as well?
When i was pulling fuses out in the fuse box on passenger side footwell, a relay or two was ticking like crazy, i had to pull em out to stop it, not sure if this was the cause for the battery was already dead again.
When i was pulling fuses out in the fuse box on passenger side footwell, a relay or two was ticking like crazy, i had to pull em out to stop it, not sure if this was the cause for the battery was already dead again.
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Thanks for the post 8VETTE7.
When i started, I jumped the car with my daily and let the vette idle for about 5mins. Then I shut it off and did the things i needed to to hook up my DVM. I let it go into sleep mode, then once it got down to what i thought was stable and the amps didn't drop off anymore i started pulling fuses in the engine bay fuse box first. No changes.
I moved into the passenger side box, by the time i got to the middle row of fuses the relays for the door lights started clicking and the battery was dead!
This was in in about 15mins or so i guess!!
I have my battery out to to have it checked after work, i got this battery about 2 years ago.
When i started, I jumped the car with my daily and let the vette idle for about 5mins. Then I shut it off and did the things i needed to to hook up my DVM. I let it go into sleep mode, then once it got down to what i thought was stable and the amps didn't drop off anymore i started pulling fuses in the engine bay fuse box first. No changes.
I moved into the passenger side box, by the time i got to the middle row of fuses the relays for the door lights started clicking and the battery was dead!
This was in in about 15mins or so i guess!!I have my battery out to to have it checked after work, i got this battery about 2 years ago.
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Thanks for the post 8VETTE7.
When i started, I jumped the car with my daily and let the vette idle for about 5mins. Then I shut it off and did the things i needed to to hook up my DVM. I let it go into sleep mode, then once it got down to what i thought was stable and the amps didn't drop off anymore i started pulling fuses in the engine bay fuse box first. No changes.
I moved into the passenger side box, by the time i got to the middle row of fuses the relays for the door lights started clicking and the battery was dead! This was in in about 15mins or so i guess!!
I have my battery out to to have it checked after work, i got this battery about 2 years ago.
When i started, I jumped the car with my daily and let the vette idle for about 5mins. Then I shut it off and did the things i needed to to hook up my DVM. I let it go into sleep mode, then once it got down to what i thought was stable and the amps didn't drop off anymore i started pulling fuses in the engine bay fuse box first. No changes.
I moved into the passenger side box, by the time i got to the middle row of fuses the relays for the door lights started clicking and the battery was dead!
This was in in about 15mins or so i guess!!I have my battery out to to have it checked after work, i got this battery about 2 years ago.
Give it a full correct charge then proceed with your parasitic testing.
HTH
