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Common hotspots for a short circuit in glovebox/power lock/overhead light wiring? 200 1986

posted by  geodonuts on  Wed Nov 21 20:15 CST 2012
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I've got a parasitic drain on my battery to the tune of at least 250mA, and after pulling the fuses and testing for it I've concluded that it's primarily from the circuit routed through fuse #8, which lights up the interior of the car in various places, as well as powering the locks. This fuse connection, along with #10 (power windows, which I don't even have) have enough juice to light up a test LED with the key out of the ignition.

Anyways, 250mA is pretty high from what I hear, and I just don't know about tearing my poor car apart to find where it's shorting or whatever. Anyone got any ideas about common weak links in these circuits? Where to look? Something obvious I am overlooking? Just wondering.
Thanks fellas






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