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Re: re current drain

To: "Bill Cole" <wmcolesr@wowway.com>, <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: re current drain
From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:59:02 -0000
In that case something connected to the purple circuit is taking current all 
the time.  Normally this is things like courtesy lights, horns, headlamp 
flasher, seat-belt warning, cigar lighter and clock but can also be 
aftermarket alarms (which can be significant) and stereos (which should be 
microscopic).  On a standard 1980 only the clock should be drawing current 
when parked.

Be careful using an ammeter to measure drain, you can cause shorts and 
arcing.  Safer to switch it to its 12v range (on an analogue instrument 
anyway, digital may give different results according to model).  If there is 
any voltage shown at all there is a drain, but anything less than 12v 
indicated shows it is very small.

PaulH.

----- Original Message ----- 
> My solution is to pull the bottom fuse in the fuse box (1980 BLe), and all 
> is
> well. 




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