I have something draining my battery. I put a ammeter between ground on the battery and the ground cable, (with it disconnected), and I see drain. I started pulling fuses one by one and I found the culprit to be called "Electron Bat" on the fuse panel. Anyone have any idea what that is or what it does? It is a 10a fuse.


Thanks a bunch,
RickC

 

The stereo and the clock run through that fuse, so they would drain a little power, but not enough to kill the battery. Also the interior lights and automatic seatbelts, maybe one of those has shorted.

 

Possible, but I don't think so since all that is working fine. I have a friend who is a mechanic who can look it up for me. I will check with him tomorrow to see what it feeds.

Thx,

 

for descriptions of what each fuse does, check my site

 

Craig? Your the man, great howto's on that site for the beginner.


Thanks a ton....

RickC

 

thanks, glad I could help

 

Now looking at the fuse, the list is a mile long. The clock is one of the things this fuse feeds, which was suggested before. Also the seat belt mechanism. The list includes about 7 or 8 other things. Looks like I will have fun tracing this down. But since the amperage is changing while monitoring it, I am suspecting the clock. I will pull the power to it first to see what happens. Thanks again for the information.

RickC

 

How much current was being used?

If it was only a couple hundred milliamps, then I dont think you should worry.

 

I think the highest was around 198 mA. But it would jump around. It would show about 50mA, then 150mA, then 198mA, then repeat the cycle. If less than 200mA shouldn't be a problem, then maybe it's something else and I'm on the wrong track, but something will kill the battery in less than 3 days if I don't start and drive the car.

Thx,
RickC

 

How old's the batt.?

 

It's about 3 years old from what I am told.

 

???From what you are told???? Is that what the previous owner has told you!!

GET A NEW BATT.

 

Yes, previous owner said it was three years old. The previous owner is my mother-in-law. I sold the car to her in 94. I bought it new originally. I am trying to get the car back to top shape considering the low miles.

 

so now that you found the source to be electron bat fuse how did you solve the problem and what did you find?

 

turn your dome light switch to off and see if the draw drops, just a thought

 

I say get the battery tested, batteries can sometimes die before their recommended usage period, for example mine only lasted about 2 years until the voltage started to drop slowly. If so then get it replaced.

 

LOL Gents, this thread is 6 1/2 years old. I'm sure that battery has long since been replaced