Lurking Al---You'll need a test light for this. If you don't already
have one they're cheap, and an excellent tool for those who do their own
electrical diagnosis.
Finding your "short" could be easy, and when it comes to electrical
issues, it's the only kind I feel comfortable in offering solutions.
So...
Turn off all switches and close all doors.
Disconnect the negative battery cable, and connect one side of the test
light to the battery cable, and touch the other end of the light to the
now vacant battery post.
If something is draining juice from the battery, the test light will
glow. The size of the drain will affect the brightess* of the test bulb.
(If it doesn't glow, there should be nothing draining your battery.
If the test light glows, and I suspect it will, then pull the fuses from
the box, one at a time. When the test light goes out, the problem area
was in the circuit of the last fuse you pulled.
When you find the circuit that's "on" when it shouldn't be, then it's
just a matter of seeing what's on this circuit. There are good manuals
that show these circuits, including the better one from Dan Master.
If you still have the glowing test light with all of the fuses pulled
out, then something is going to ground in either a purple or brown wire.
*A volt meter connected in series with the test light will identify the
size of the drain. i.e. four volts if it's the glovebox light that's
staying on, six volts (some models) if it's the trunk light, etc., but
easier to just watch the brightness of the test light.
Dick
From:
otral@juno.com(alan g graffam) Date: Fri, Aug
To:Listers
From: Lurker
....8. Question: how hard is it to locate a short?
Al Graffam '74 French Blue in CT.
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