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Re: 1995 BUICK PARK AVE BATTERY DRAIN
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rssbery2000
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Oct 17, 2012, 10:10 AM
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Re: 1995 BUICK PARK AVE BATTERY DRAIN
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I had an 05 pa that would have a run down battery if I left it parked for a week or more. Lived with this actually installed a reserve battery in the trunk connected to the reg. battery thru a solenoid. That worked for years until I removed the air ride level sw. which is connected from the body to the frame. I was removing air system and replacing it with reg struts and shocks, repairs for airridde can cost alot. after removing the air ride level I no longer had any drain on the battery. somehow there is constant power to the sw. which cannot be removed by removing any or all the fuses.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Oct 17, 2012, 10:16 AM
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Re: 1995 BUICK PARK AVE BATTERY DRAIN
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Welcome to the "I can't read how to post" at this forum club. That was some A/C problem almost a year old. How or why would anyone care how you hacked up your car?
T
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Hammer Time
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Oct 17, 2012, 10:19 AM
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All power goes through either a fuse or a fusible link first.
Here is how you find the drain.
You will need a digital ammeter and a jumper wire with clips on the ends to do this.
First rig any door switches so you can have a door open without triggering the interior lights and unplug the hood light. Remove one battery cable and attach the meter in series between the battery cable and battery post. Take the jumper wire and also attach it the same way. Leave the jumper wire on for at least 10 minutes to expire all the automatic timers. Now remove the jumper wire and read the meter. Anything over 50ma is too much draw. The way you locate this is to start removing fuses one at a time until the meter drops to normal level. This will be the circuit with something staying on. Determine what components are part of that circuit and check them individually until the problem is isolated.
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Discretesignals
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Oct 17, 2012, 10:43 AM
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This thread is confusing. Is the OP asking for help or was he/she responding to an old thread?
Since we volunteer our time and knowledge, we ask for you to please follow up when a problem is resolved.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Oct 17, 2012, 4:19 PM
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My bad - it was hijacking a thread about Air Conditioning draining a battery - nothing to do with this on an old thread. Just the same year car and that's about it - T
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Hammer Time
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Oct 17, 2012, 4:24 PM
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I found it usually works better if they just start over instead of moving their post and just lock the old one. The question is usually easier to understand.
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