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Old 01-03-2014, 08:46 PM
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So my battery goes dead if I leave the ground connected on the negative terminal of the battery. I have a .3v draw with a meter. I have disconnected all terminals on the voltage regulator. This did not have an affect. I then disconnected the two wires on the starter generator with no change. I then disconnected the two coil wires on at a time with no change. Any ideas on what else to check or how to isolate?
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unplug the ignition switch. how many amps does it draw?
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Try the amp meter
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It can't hurt to check with a test light too. Sometimes digital meters offer ironies readings. If it's drawing down it should at least dimly light the bulb in a test light.

If the bulb illuminates I would check everything with a coil winding, and the ignition switch, and any aftermarket circuits.

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The wiring may have the insulation removed from it and it could be touching metal, like what happened on my 104.

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It can't hurt to check with a test light too. Sometimes digital meters offer ironies readings. If it's drawing down it should at least dimly light the bulb in a test light.

If the bulb illuminates I would check everything with a coil winding, and the ignition switch, and any aftermarket circuits.

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Just make sure you use a bulb type light and not an LED. You get too many false readings with an LED, It takes almost no connection to get them to light. I have used them to check light problems and you can get a reading with them from a corroded wire just touching together.
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My educated guess, that you have a high resistance short somewhere in your wiring harness.
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I was using a Digital Voltmater that gave me the .3v reading. When I test with a 12v probe light it does not light up. Maybe I am OK. Maybe I will test the amperage draw and see what I get.
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As a suggestion.....And to use a layman's technique. If everything thing is turned off, if you remove either battery cable and do not see a spark, then retouch this same terminal to verify, then there is no amp draw. IF you see a spark, no matter how minute, then there is some sort of draw.
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Every time I had a battery go dead while sitting it was caused by high resistance in the old voltage regulators. Usually rusted around one of the terminals that should have been isolated. Sometimes I could fix them with some cleaning solution and a small wire brush.
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