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Chasing a short

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Subject: Chasing a short
From: "Dwayne Cooper" <dcooper@paciolan.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:25:41 -0700
I think I have a short in my electrical system.  I have a relatively new 
battery and have done the GM alternator swap recently so I think my charging 
system is ok.  However, if I leave the car sitting for over a week, the battery 
will go dead.  I have a battery cutoff switch and it seems that if I cut off 
the battery, I can leave it for over a week and the battery won't drain (still 
testing this).
 
I'm a little week on theory here, but if I cut off my battery and then apply my 
mulitmeter between the negative post and ground it reads about 12 volts.  I 
would think that this reading should be zero.  If this is correct then I should 
be able to go around disconnecting things looking for something that will 
change that voltage to zero.  Can someone confirm that I'm on the right track?
 
Thanks,
 
Dwayne Cooper
'74

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