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> Discharge of Battery, drawing 1.97 amp but can't find where
smarens
post Apr 13 2014, 03:43 PM
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-I am getting a constant discharge on my battery
-I wired my meter in series between positive cable and the positive post on battery (when battery is fully charged)
-it shows draw of 1.97 amps
-have a 1975 with 66k miles and most everything stock from what I can tell
-I have taken the troubleshooting as far as I can and now stumped
-in the picture if you see the two red wires crimped on one terminal that is where my draw is coming from
-thought that went to relay board, so I have unplugged all (3) of my relays, both fused, voltage regulator and 3-wire plug going to alternator, still can't get rid of the draw
-anyone know where those two wires go? or has anyone seen this before?

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post Apr 14 2014, 06:21 AM
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Your picture shows the red wires giving the current draw. One looks to be a 2.5mm red wire and the other is a 4.0mm red wire. The 2,5 goes to the relay board and the 4.0 goes to either the fuse panel at fuse 10/11/12, ( they are all tied together on the hot side).
To find out which one it is, disconnect the battery and just use a jumper to ground the fuse panel at 10/11/12 and then read with the meter from ground to the two red wires. If you are reading continuity, that is the wire. If no continuity, the wire goes to the ignition switch at terminal 30. As has been posted, disconnect the plug at the switch and see if the draw goes away. If it does, you have a bad ignition switch. If it doesn't, then you have some searching between the plug and the battery for the problem. Quite possibly a previous owner modification somewhere on the big red wire. Don't forget to remove the jumper used above!
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smarens   Discharge of Battery   Apr 13 2014, 03:43 PM
904svo   those red wires go to the fuse panel   Apr 13 2014, 03:48 PM
smarens   I pulled each fuse one at a time from under the da...   Apr 13 2014, 03:50 PM
smarens   sorry should have stated the two red wires with ye...   Apr 13 2014, 03:52 PM
bulitt   Pull your fuses one at a time until the draw stops...   Apr 13 2014, 03:52 PM
messix   unplug the voltage regulator on the relay board. i...   Apr 13 2014, 03:59 PM
smarens   -pulled fuses one at a time, nothing changed -unpl...   Apr 13 2014, 04:02 PM
Dr Evil   Since you checked the fuses individually, and the ...   Apr 13 2014, 04:21 PM
smarens   the wires go down under/thru tins it appears, any ...   Apr 13 2014, 04:27 PM
Dr Evil   Not without my book and some time. You have to tra...   Apr 13 2014, 04:47 PM
76-914   2 reds go to the 14 pin plug on the relay board #1...   Apr 13 2014, 04:51 PM
smarens   2 reds go to the 14 pin plug on the relay board #...   Apr 13 2014, 06:45 PM
smarens   great thanks I'll start looking, they both sta...   Apr 13 2014, 04:52 PM
Dr Evil   Good thing I refreshed my screen....I almost typed...   Apr 13 2014, 04:55 PM
FourBlades   When did this start? Could it be related to somet...   Apr 13 2014, 04:56 PM
smarens   just started 1 week ago, I have only had the car f...   Apr 13 2014, 04:59 PM
Dr Evil   What John mentions is good. If you pull a fuse at ...   Apr 13 2014, 05:07 PM
r_towle   Do you have a stereo? Amp?   Apr 13 2014, 05:24 PM
smarens   Do you have a stereo? Amp? stereo yes, no amp   Apr 13 2014, 06:44 PM
stugray   Put your multi meter on Ohms and "audible con...   Apr 13 2014, 06:25 PM
smarens   Put your multi meter on Ohms and "audible co...   Apr 13 2014, 06:44 PM
Mike Bellis   One of the red wires goes to the fuse panel. The o...   Apr 13 2014, 06:30 PM
smarens   One of the red wires goes to the fuse panel. The ...   Apr 13 2014, 06:47 PM
Tom   Your picture shows the red wires giving the curren...   Apr 14 2014, 06:21 AM
smarens   thanks guys got it, traced it back to the fuse pan...   Apr 19 2014, 07:12 AM
JStroud   It's always the last place you look :lol4:   Apr 20 2014, 09:06 AM


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