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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 03:49:54 GMT
From: "Dexter J" <lamealameadingdongnospamlamelame.org>
Subject: Re: expected current draw when car is off


Salutations: On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:24:37 -0300, Captain Freedom <data61aS_P_A_Mnospamcape.net> wrote: > > James Sweet wrote: >> Mike Deskevich wrote: >> <snipped for length - not for spite> >> I don't want to put a new battery in to have it get killed so soon, >>> nor do I want to take it to $80/hr saab mechanics to look for a short. >>> So I want to do as much diagnosis as I can by myself first. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Mike >>> >> >> >> First thing to check is the glove box light, followed by the under-hood >> and trunk lights, make sure they're all turning off. > > In my 87 900 it was the seat belt retractors that were drawing current > when the car was parked. > > John Interestingly, my old 99/C900 hybrid current draw was largely attributed to either excessive radon exposure from the Canadian Shield - or - electromagnetic disturbance caused by the Northern Lights. Ahh, for the salad days when the SAAB dealership was held by Jaguar Canada.. In early 90's it was all finally shorted when Big Mike Keane and I re-loomed the engine bay from the dash forward using delco gear whilst an exceptionally interesting native MicMac healing prayer involving sweetgrass and trout(s) went on in the lock-up next door. .. :) .. Depending on your year, there was a factory problem with some high-voltage bundled looms that saw excessive bay heat and age related resistance deplasticize the wire jackets over time. Eliminate the obvious first of course. But, just to make sure you are in on this - that trunk 'light' has introduced more stylish couples on a starry October nights to the 'eastern delights' of the C900 cargo bay than anything else engineered into the package. I always kept a good thick Canada National Pullman blanket in the back of ours in case just such an opportunity arose.. Squire.. Anyway, then start poking around the bundled wire where it meets the engine or a grommet in the shell. If you see any colour bleeding in the jackets or anything is kinda chalky - carefully dig a little deeper and look for green stains anywhere. Depending - then have any competent euro-centric shop go over anything you can't eliminate or is as above. -- Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/197.RAM all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in no sign up required - all the Time

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