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Re: Battery drain

To: "Larry J. Dickstein" <bugide@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Battery drain
From: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 13:54:29 -0500
Does anybody else get tired of hearing from all of these anal-retentive types
that 1) have a car so perfect that their courtesy lights actually work and 2)
really think we give a shit if we know that they know how to chase down
courtesty light malfunctions?   #8^}]o===

Larry J. Dickstein wrote:

> Dan-
>         The first place I would look is the trunk/boot light.  If it has
> popped out of it's socket, it will stay on all the time.  Presto- in no
> time your battery will be TU.  This is not unusual.   The hi tech way
> would be to get your multimeter out and disconnect the  ground cable from
> the battery.  Then put one lead on the negative terminal on the battery
> and the black lead on the ground cable.  In other words, make the
> multimeter part of the circuit.    If you are showing a current flow w/
> everything "shut off" you have a leak somewhere.  Start finding the leak
> by pulling one fuse at a time and see where the leak stops.  Then you are
> on your own.  Make sure the doors are shut or you will run yourself nuts
> trying to find the leak.  Remember the interior light.
>         My money is on the trunk light switch!!
>


--
Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva(?)
"If all the blondes riding in Corvettes were laid end-to-end, I wouldn't be at
all surprised."


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