Stumped is better than stomped, I guess

[Robert Myers]

Hi Y'all,

Here I am again with YAQ (yet another question).  For about a week the
battery (new just this past summer) has been going down overnight.  Down
enough so that after jump starting the car I've had to re-enter the radio
code.  The charging system is fine.  After starting it puts out a solid 14
volts as indicated by the dash gauge.  A charger attached overnight still
shows about 2-3 amps going into the battery in the morning.  This suggests
to me that something is drawing in the vicinity of 2-3 amps or a little
more while everything is (supposedly) turned off.

This morning I finally had enough time to start some troubleshooting.  I
opened the relay box and felt for warmth from a possible stuck relay or the
like.  Nothing was noticeably warmer than anything else.  Then I
disconnected the battery cable and inserted an "ammeter" (a wired brake
light) in series.  A good current was indicated the light lit up fairly
brightly - perhaps half brightness.  With the light in view I pulled each
fuse in turn from the fuse panel inside the driver's door.  No variation of
brightness was observed.  As a test, the bulb brightened noticeably when I
switched the radio on which indicated that I should have been able to
detect a significant decrease in current if the right fuse was pulled.

I'm satisfied that none of the circuits fused at this location is drawing
sufficient current to cause the battery to go down overnight.  Am I
overlooking some other fuses which are not at this location?  Any other
suggestions?


Bob
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