Parasitic draw on battery, 96 Sierra

[That Crazy Squirrel]

Put the meter inline and observe the draw.

One by one, remove the fuses that are on the "battery" side of things, not the ignition switched fuses.

Sine you know have diagrams, you can see which devices, or which relays are on the circuit that is suspect. If the dash is an issue as mentioned, the draw will disappear when you yank the fuse.

Just a quick, easy process of elimination to go through.

I would not discount the ignition switched circuits, for the simple reason that he was getting B+ at the field connection with the ignition off.

 

[PenguinLTZ]

Just trying to give the lad a starting point. It is often the hardest part of DC electrical troubleshooting..."where do I begin???"

 

[Wyley87]

Weird thing about this us my battery isn't dead in the am.

 

[PenguinLTZ]

Then it ain't 6 amps

 

[Wyley87]

Oh I'm sure. The alternator guy agreed.

 

[That Crazy Squirrel]

Okay, so what is the actual problem now?

I thought it was a draw killing the battery.

 

[daddy]

Best option is to pour kerosene in the cab and toss in a match. Make sure to disconnect the negative battery terminal first though.

 

[1BADSS396]

Best option is to pour kerosene in the cab and toss in a match. Make sure to disconnect the negative battery terminal first though.

Lit or unlit?

 

[daddy]

Unlit. You light it with the match. Holding burning kerosene would be dumb, Jeff.

 

[1BADSS396]

Pussy.