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excesive current draw

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Printed Date: May 13, 2024 at 7:52 AM


Topic: excesive current draw

Posted By: bostrander
Subject: excesive current draw
Date Posted: August 14, 2006 at 10:09 PM

I have a 1991 Buick Regal and there are two fuses which control the radio. One is marked "radio" and the other is marked "elec". I have about a 2-amp drain that goes away when I pull the "elec" fuse (15A). I don't know if this fuse runs anything else but the stereo system but that seems to be the only thing that goes off when I pull the fuse. I have nothing that shows what this fuse runs, if anything, besides the stereo. I need some kind of diagram.

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Bruce Ostrander



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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: August 14, 2006 at 10:44 PM
Disconnect the radio completely, THEN see if there is still the current draw. If so, then it is obviously another device, somewhere, pulling the power.

This is where the troubleshooting should start. By the name of the fuse - "elec" - my guess is there IS something else there.

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As I was hitting the post button, I thought; "Did he unplug the cigarette lighter?" Try that also, see if it's that.

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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: August 14, 2006 at 11:55 PM

If that all checks out, start looking at a bad doorpin.



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Posted By: bostrander
Date Posted: August 19, 2006 at 2:06 AM
I figured with a name like "elec" there had to be something else also, but couldn't find anything that caused the drain to go away, and yes, I did try unplugging the cig. lighter. No effect.

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Bruce Ostrander





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