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Old 01-28-2017, 02:23 PM   #1
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Default Re: Electrical drain, battery won't maintain charge?

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Remove all fuses.
Lift the battery pole and measure between battery and cable for current.
You get a reading there you have to start investigating generator/regulator or something else in primary circuit.
If you got no current reading there install battery pole again and measure over each fuseholder until you find where current is drawn.
Will do, but not sure what "battery pole" is.
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Old 01-28-2017, 02:33 PM   #2
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Will do, but not sure what "battery pole" is.
Sorry for confusion...just take the cable off the battery and measure between cable and battery with all fuses out first.
If you get a reading there we take it ffrom there.
If not measure over each fuse holder until you get a reading somewhere.
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Will do, but not sure what "battery pole" is.
Gotta remember.......a few of our F'Barn friends are in far-away places, and although "WE" talk funny sometimes over here, some of those guys use "proper terms" at other times that we haven't learn't yet. DD
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