B Well, before I really got into fuse removal and other well thought out
ideas from many of you, I heard a vague humming sound when I was under the
dash looking at fuses (just as well, as one was blown, but obviously not an
important circuit, as I wasn't missing anything) so I started poking around,
removed the side panels of the center console, and this is the mess I found!
Why I never looked in there during the 20 years or so that I've had the car,
I'll never know. The cause for the battery drain turned out to be a very quiet
heater blower motor, the switch for which turned out to be upside down and
miswired--- when I assumed it was off, it was actually on low---So, that part
is taken care of! But now, I have to deal with this mess, remove the burglar
alarm that a previous owner put in badly (I never even knew there was one!)
and clean everything up.
Thanks again, everyone--
* Cordially,B B
B B B B B B B AlanLambert
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Le Mardi 10
juin 2014 23h53, Alan Lambert <[email protected]> a C)crit :
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>This
is just a general thank you. It is really truly gratifying to see all of you
responding to my electrical problem. One of the better aspects of human
behavior!
>
>
>B
> * So----thanks!,B B
>B B B B B B B AlanLambert
>
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>Le Mardi 10 juin 2014 6h04, "'Wil
& Mary Painter' [email protected] [alfaracing]" <[email protected]>
a C)crit :
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>>
>>
>>B
>>As Greg has done, I have a dash mounted toggle
switch (actually a 30A aircraft circuit breaker toggle) in line with the
alternator output which then feeds the switched side of the master. Isolates
the alternator when I shut down, doubly so when I turn off the master
overnight.
>>Good Luck
>>Wil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 8:46 AM,
Greg Hartrum [email protected] [alfaracing] <[email protected]>
wrote:
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>>>B
>>>Do a Google search on how to do a Parasitic Draw Test,
you can use the process of elimination to narrow down the problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>From: "Alan Lambert [email protected] [alfaracing]"
<[email protected]>
>>>To: Alfa-Digest <[email protected]>; Alfa
Racing <[email protected]>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 2:39 AM
>>>Subject: [Alfa Racing]: Electrical leakage
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>B
>>>After
having two small (when I modified the '74 Spider to race it, I moved the
battery to the right rear shelf in the trunk--perhaps silly, but I thought the
balance would be better), B batteries now seemingB in the last year or soB to
discharge themselves over a few days period of non-use, I did a little
investigating.B I found that there is a (roughly) 2.5 ampere leak going on
with everything turned off. I didn't reallyneed to buy that second battery
after all--it was the car, not the battery!
>>>
>>>
>>>In any case, I would
greatly appreciate any bright thoughts as to how I go forward now to find
whatever is causing the drain.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>> * Cordially,B B
>>>B B B B B B B AlanLambert
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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