help with electrical issues (battery draining, battery light on, etc) Options

[K-ESD]

Your battery should be 12.x to 13 volts after sitting overnight, the .x varies by temperature and condition of charge when you last ran the car.

11.9V I would say, is acceptable but 12V batteries are suppose to keep a 12V charge. There are too many factors that can cause that .1V loss, I wouldn't worry about it.
However, keep track of it to make sure it's not going down even further in the near future. If you can afford it, get a good automatic (preferably digitally controlled) battery charger, nothing fancy, just a 10 to 15A auto charger. It will help you regain the charge your car didn't get with the underdrive pulley.

is it possible to do a parasitic draw test by going top post to side terminal (i have side terminals now, the thing is, they are hard to get on and off)

if you mean "from terminal (side) clamp to top post (battery)" yes you can do that.

[brianforster]

even at idle as soon as i start it up i see the voltage begin to increase on the battery, and it always stops at 12.6 volts

k-esd, can i leave the side terminal clamp connected? and do a parasitic draw test?

[brianforster]

haha well guess what, i decided to start pulling fuses one by one and when i pulled the 10A dome fuse in my engine bay the parasitic draw went from .038 amps to .008! now to figure out what is controlled by that fuse

might i add that it was the first fuse i pulled! hah

im hoping someone has some good news cause i have no idea where to begin when searching for this short.

This post has been edited by brianforster: Dec 29, 2006 - 12:55 PM

[brianforster]

im new to reading wiring diagrams, but according to
http://www.celicatech.com/imagearchive/bgb...ewd/circuit.htm

(click on interior light)

the lights around the ignition/cigarette lighter, all interior lights, the hatch light, and the open door lights, are all controlled by this circuit.

[brianforster]

more importantly, there is a fuse on my fuse box cover that has an X over it, but when i remove the fuse the parasitic draw drops just the same as if i remove the 10 amp dome fuses.

i think on my cover it has an X over it cause i might have used an ST fuse box cover on a GT fuse box.. chucky is coming over now with his gt so ill post back in a sec.

[brianforster]

i was wrong, the wiring diagram shows it as a "short pin" which is defined as

"Used to provide an unbroken
connection within a junction block." in mine there is a 20amp fuse, and i remember when a bunch of my electronics didnt work this fuse was blown

[brianforster]

well it had nothign to do with the short pin.. the amps also do not drop when disconneting the keyring light, the cigarette lighter, were now testing the glove box, luggage light...


is it possible for a circuit to be shorted and the light still light up?

[x_itchy_b_x]

for the longest time my car would do crazy crap like this. turns out the wire that bolts to the stud on the alternator was so corrodes it never charged the system. so I had to cut back the wire till i got to good wire an re-solder nice 4 gauge wire on it. fixed my problems.

[brianforster]

k-esd, i see that you are posting, maybe since your on we could chat on aim real quick.. i dont wanna play forum tag anymore and i have a few questions ahah! my aim name is sortafamous

[K-ESD]

k-esd, i see that you are posting, maybe since your on we could chat on aim real quick.. i dont wanna play forum tag anymore and i have a few questions ahah! my aim name is sortafamous

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[Jaws4God]

for the longest time my car would do crazy crap like this. turns out the wire that bolts to the stud on the alternator was so corrodes it never charged the system. so I had to cut back the wire till i got to good wire an re-solder nice 4 gauge wire on it. fixed my problems.

do you have a pic?

[jcbass7]

for the longest time my car would do crazy crap like this. turns out the wire that bolts to the stud on the alternator was so corrodes it never charged the system. so I had to cut back the wire till i got to good wire an re-solder nice 4 gauge wire on it. fixed my problems.

^ I had a simillair problem