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1. Current drain? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:20:36 -0700; Anyone have any recommended tests to see if some current is being drawn off the battery while the car is turned off? My battery drains overnight and I'm wondering if something is trickling some juice; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01944.html (7,474 bytes)
2. Re: Current drain? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 19:08:11 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"; If something is being powered with the switch off, you can usually see/hear some faint sparking when you remove the battery ground terminal from the battery. If you have that, then you can go lookin; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01949.html (8,499 bytes)
3. Re: Current drain? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 19:21:29 -0400; A test light between the terminal and the battery post will light up if there is a drain bigger than the one needed to keep the memory in a radio. Hook up the test light and start disconnecting a cir; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01954.html (8,502 bytes)
4. Re: Current drain? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:27:24 -0700; I had the same problem in my 72 Midget. It turned out to be the starter that was draining the battery. $50.00, some ruined knuckles (Gary's), some new profanity learned (by me), and the 10 year old b; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01965.html (8,551 bytes)
5. Re: Current drain? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 19:47:21 -0700; 15 w light bulb in series. If it's on (w/everything 'off'), you've got a draw.; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01982.html (8,439 bytes)
6. Re: Current drain? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:33:38 -0700 (PDT); A clamp-on ammeter maybe ("clamps" around a -- Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com> wrote: __________________________________________________ Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. ht; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01987.html (8,341 bytes)
7. Re: Current drain? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 22:20:41 -0700; Thanks to everyone who replied to this one. I did determine today that the switched and unswitched connections at the fuse block were switched around, meaning that the fuel gauge was constantly on. T; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01993.html (9,693 bytes)
8. Re: Current drain? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 12:33:14 EDT; Take the battery cable loose and strike it againse the battery terminal...it should spark if anything is drawing enough to kill a battery overnight. Think "new pattery time" probably. R Houston...we; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg02016.html (7,070 bytes)

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