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Originally Posted by rohrt  update.
A. I was able to keep the fluke meter on by changing the decimal reading every 10 minutes. Even well after 45 minutes the current never went down from .710.
B. With the ignition still off and the door still shut. I started pulling fuses in the engine bay. I have a Haynes Manual. I could not figure out how to pull the #1 #2 #3 fused that has the clear plastic cover #1 is the main fuse going to the fuse box. I did pull all the rest.. No change
C. Anyway I then decided to tackle the interior fuse box. When I opened the door the current jumped to 1.4amps. I wanted to shut the lights off so I pulled fuse #34 This took the current down to .15
D. So about .6amps from the interior fuse?????
E. I called it quits for the night after that. Its around 5 deg in the garage. This sucks. |
I put letters beside your paragraphs so we can follow along:
A. So just power your fluke on when it goes off or press the power button occasionally. So 0.710A is a big draw and you need to find the problem.
B. Don't touch the power distribution box in the engine compartment without addressing the particular circuits. Do you have an owner's manual that you can identify the fuse circuits?
C. Opening the door starts the whole process over, so don't close it. The 1.4A reading is about right for all the keep alive circuits and the interior lights functioning. By pulling fuse 35 you have probably identified the problem circuit, but don't do that until the systems have gone to sleep. The 0.15A is about right for the components that are going to sleep to draw at this early time. As the components then go to sleep the draw will reduce over 30 mins or so to about 0.040A. You would have seen this if it wasn't so late and miserably cold.
D. I would say 1.25A for the fuse 34 circuit, (1.4 - 0.15) This appears to include the problem drain (0.6A or 0.7A) and the lights, but 0.625A is too small for the interior lights I think. Do you have any lights that are staying on (Hood lamp, dash glove box, etc) try taping the switches up and keeping the door open. Also, what other circuit is on fuse 34.
Hope this helps.
