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You generally need an ampmeter, but Posted by KeithR (more from KeithR) on Sun, 28 Oct 2001 19:32:58

In Reply to: Re: More still..., C Williams, Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:51:24 Members see ZERO ads on the bulletin boards and get more feature. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

If its a sizeable draw, which it sounds like a test light will work too. 2 ways to do it with a light or meter. One would be to hook it inline at the battery. If using the light hook the aligator clip to the lead and tape the probe to the post. Pull fuses/disconect things till the light goes out. you use a meter the same way. With a meter expect to see a few miiliamps for all the stuff with memory and your alarm the light may glow dimly also. The other way is to put the light or meter in place of the various fuses. when it comes on or the meter reads, you found it.

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Fairly new Battery keeps draining, Jim in CT, Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:03:58
- Re: Fairly new Battery keeps draining, C Williams, Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:41:17
  - I had alternator diodes drain the battery too, on Mazda. n/m, EricG, Sun, 28 Oct 2001 20:33:58
    - Dead Battery, Mark, Mon, 29 Oct 2001 04:22:00
  - Re: More still..., C Williams, Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:51:24
    - It probably won't drop to zero..., 94 Aero, Mon, 29 Oct 2001 13:29:20
    - You generally need an ampmeter, but, KeithR, Sun, 28 Oct 2001 19:32:58 <-- Viewing This Message
      - Thanks everyone, I'll post what it was when I find it. n/m, Jim in CT, Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:32:56
        My money is on mischievous trunk light; happened to me!, Giggsy, Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:06:25
- Re: Fairly new Battery keeps draining, Julz, Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:38:32

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