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Date:         Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:14:31 -0400
Reply-To:     Greg Potts <Greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Greg Potts <Greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: Short in Electrical System
Comments: To: Neal Hansen <nhansen@DAKOTACOM.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <MGEPIJBJHGEKKPJJNGPBOEKPCEAA.nhansen@dakotacom.net>
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Hi Volks,

One more bit of advice here.... pulling fuses is certainly a good place to start, but there's no guarantee that the problem is on a fused circuit. There are lots of places where an accessory could be installed upstream of the fusebox with a fuse of its own.

If the current drain isn't detected by pulling fuses you will need to look for problems upstream of the fuse box: - Look for extra wires heading from the battery to power auxiliary components, esp. radios or heaters. - Wires leading from the hot side of the fuse box may also have been added to power some accessory or other.

Also: - Make sure the battery is completely clean... if the top is contaminated and damp it's possible there could be a small loss there.

Most of the time these problems seem to come from accessories... fridges, radios or anti-theft systems.

Happy trails,

Greg Potts Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato** LY3H 1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 16-Aug-04, at 12:26 PM, Neal Hansen wrote:

> You don't need a current meter, you can use a small 12 volt lamp bulb, > such > as a dome light in line with the battery. When the light goes out you > have > cleared the short. > Neal- > ---------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:55:13 -0400 > From: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET> > Subject: Re: Short in Electrical System > > Put a current meter in line with the battery. Then start pulling > fuses. This will isolate the circuit. I have the same problem > but "no time to kiil" . Let me know what you find. > ERic > > Warren Gaylor wrote: > >> Hi Fellow Westy addicts- >> My 91 westy's battery is completely drained after not being >> driven for > a >> couple of weeks, the battery is less than a year old and when put on >> the >> charger comes right up to fully charged. Any ideas how to start >> checking > where the >> short may be? I think this is a fairly new problem as it has been not >> used >> for several months in the past with no hesitation on starting. I had >> to > have a >> new A/C compressor installed and this problem has seemed to have >> started > after >> this work was done, however all the connections there look okay, >> Any Ideas? >> Thanks >> Warren & Geranium the Fourth >> >> >> > >


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