thefordguy

I have a fox mustang that draws power when car is off and always kills the battery i have no idea whats wrong with it any ideas?

mjr46

multimeter set to amps hooked in series with neg battery terminal and neg battery post will indicate amount of draw, safe spec 25-50 milliamp and pull fuses until drain is in spec and there you'll have the circuit on which the draw exists, from there unplug components on that circuit until draw is gone and there will be the prob component, simple things to check are trunk light, glove box light, sunvisor lights or bad alt, this can be confirmed by removing the charge wire from alt/unplug it, and watching drain disappear on multimeter

j-wigg

glove box light switch was doing it on mine only because i had and still have some dashes pieces off to paint. had to tape the switch closed. no bulb was in for me to see that the light was even on. and i didnt think it would draw power without a bulb in it.

thefordguy

I pulled fuses one by one still did it and it is a major draw becouse as soon as you touch the terminal to batt it arcs alot

mjr46

....you need a multimeter hooked in series like I said : read my post!!! like I said try unhooking the alt charge wire... read please!!

thefordguy

its a brand new alt tho i will hook a multimeter up to it

mjr46

here follow this:
http://flashoffroad.com/electrical/B...teryDrain.html

thefordguy

thanks ill read that

mjr46

no problem...and good luck