Posted by Goose on January 27, 2011 at 05:59:51 from (67.63.68.13):
In Reply to: Re: O/T battery life posted by 36 coupe on January 27, 2011 at 03:56:24:
Those sneakies get interesting.
One of my wife's brothers brought a full sized Chevy conversion van to my shop with the same problem, the battery was down every few days. He'd had it to two shops in his hometown and both struck out.
I verified with an amp meter that there was a draw on the battery, just about enough to wiggle the needle on the meter. I checked the obvious stuff and couldn't find anything so I started pulling fuses. When I pulled the fuse for the horns and interior lights, the draw went away. All the lights were turning off like they were supposed to, either with their own switch or with the door jamb switch.
I looked at the horns, and both were unplugged at the horns themselves under the hood. Touched the wire to one and it tooted. I pulled the steering wheel and found the horn button had broken and shorted. What had happened, was the horns had stuck and my BIL unplugged them at the horns. This left the horn relay still energized, which was what was draining the battery. I fixed the horn button, plugged the horns back in, and no more problem.
Whyizzit that people never tell you the whole story? Must have been a heckuva horn relay to survive being energized for a month and still work like it should.
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