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Date:         Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:40:58 -0800
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Electrical Gremlin of Jan 18 has been detected
Comments: To: Richard Koller <kollerr@HELIX.NIH.GOV>
In-Reply-To:  <011b01cdfd92$5fdddb00$1f999100$@helix.nih.gov>
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Good work! If you are in the NW I'll expect to hear from you again in July!

Stuart

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Richard Koller Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:02 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Electrical Gremlin of Jan 18 has been detected

Greetings all,

I would like to update the List on my gremlin project of a week or so ago. This was a current drain that was killing my battery ( '90 westy syncro ) First many thanks to the electrical gurus on the List who gave me excellent advice. I took it. I checked for switches that might have been on by mistake and found none ( or so I thought ) Next I made sure my battery and alternator were working properly and they were. I then set up an ammeter in series at the negative terminal of the battery to measure any current flow from the vehicle. From one of the you Tubes Hector sent me, a reading of 50ma was a " normal " baseline value. I had 200. So something was on in the van. The plan next was to pull fuses one at a time to see if the current flow would decrease and thus corner the gremlin. While I was touching the ammeter probe to the battery terminal I noticed a clicking sound near the fridge. I did this several times and thought it sounded like a relay switch clicking on somewhere near the fridge. I opened the door to the fridge and there the 12volt switch was in the on position. Now theoretically, this should not have caused the drain since that 12 volt function is supposed to work only with the engine running. When I popped the 12 volt switch off, the ammeter now read about 50ma and there was no more clicking sound. I presume this must be a sticky relay for the fridge that is under the driver's seat. I haven't looked yet because of cold and dark but will report more to the List when it's a bit warmer and no rain outside.

Thanks again to you all.

Rick


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