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Re: Battery going dead - Updated
« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2008 - 07:28:16 PM »
you definatly have a draw , I use the 10 amp setting not voltage

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Re: Battery going dead - Updated
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2008 - 09:21:07 PM »
you definatly have a draw , I use the 10 amp setting not voltage

Sorry, I was using the amps, not volts
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Re: Battery going dead - Updated
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2008 - 09:42:45 PM »
start disconecting circuits until the draw stops

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Re: Battery going dead - Found Problem
« Reply #18 on: September 14, 2008 - 10:20:23 PM »
Well, I finaly got soem time to work on this issue today...and I got lucky, first circut I pulled was the winner. :jumping:

Seem my Autometer tach is the problem.  I had the red wire hooked up to the battery terminal on the fuse block (I think red to Battery is corrrect).  Pulled the wire and no more draw.

I guess that is what I get for using a 15 year old tach... :hyper:
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Re: Battery going dead - Found Problem
« Reply #19 on: September 14, 2008 - 11:39:49 PM »
Just hook it up to the terminal right next to it that only gets power when the key is on. There is nothing wrong with that 15 year old tach.
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Re: Battery going dead - Found Problem
« Reply #20 on: September 15, 2008 - 05:18:16 AM »
just connect it to the switched 12v circuit  so it si on with the ign

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Re: Battery going dead - Found Problem
« Reply #21 on: September 15, 2008 - 08:33:50 AM »
Just hook it up to the terminal right next to it that only gets power when the key is on. There is nothing wrong with that 15 year old tach.

I was thinking about that...and I can not see why the tach would not work.  Of course that spot is already in use, but I can make it work, maybe a small rewire :bigsmile:.

For some reason I thought that the tach had to have power all the time...I guess not.
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Re: Battery going dead - Found Problem
« Reply #22 on: September 15, 2008 - 11:57:45 AM »
there are triple connectors behind the dash ,red yellow & orange you need a bullet connector to plug into them , I think red is switched power & yellow is constant power

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Re: Battery going dead - Found Problem
« Reply #23 on: September 15, 2008 - 12:07:17 PM »
there are triple connectors behind the dash ,red yellow & orange you need a bullet connector to plug into them , I think red is switched power & yellow is constant power

Yep found those...they were handy, I think I may have a spot let in one of them... :2thumbs:

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