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Acceptable electric current - found - dreaded glovebox light switch 850

When I pulled each fuse, the current dropped to 37 milliamps when I pulled the courtesy light - glovebox light fuse.

I played with the glovebox light switch and got inconsistant results. Eventually the light did not work. To hedge my bets, I pulled the glovebox and unplugged the light and switch.

The current now reads 13 milliamps.

One interesting thing that I observed - If you shut off the courtesy lights the car drew 37 mA, If I switched the courtesy lights to cone on when the door is opened the current dropped to 13 mA when the lights shut off.

I am going to have the charging system and the battery tested because I agree with the posters that think a good battery should be able to survive a 150 mA drain.

The car did start fine this morning even though I played with different current readings for quite a while.

BTW - while I had the glovebox out I took the door apart. If you have the dreaded glovebox-won't-open-syndrome, it looks like you could drill a 1/8" hole in the center of the door, 1" down then insert a small probe and open the door weither it is locked or not.

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2 8s & 2 7s 600,000 miles total






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New Acceptable electric current when car is off. [850]
posted by  james_a_sousa subscriber  on Sat Mar 30 08:04 CST 2002 >


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