Null_Ckt
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- 99 Explorer XLT
After looking through every other battery drain thread I can find I'm still having trouble. I have about a 300mA drain when everything is just sitting. Pulling fuse 25 drops it to 35mA. Putting that back in and pulling fuse 26 drops it to 140mA. Also waited an hour (hood up, didn't touch anything else) and rechecked drain and it was still there.
25 = GEM / PATS / Speedometer
26 = battery saver relay / interior lamps relays / some other lights
I replaced the GEM and problem remains (drain also disappears when the GEM is disconnected). Leaning toward the battery saver, so question #1 - Where is it? It's not in the GEM b/c i disassembled this and no dice. I'm leaning toward replacing the relay next.
Question #2 - any suggestions? I can't start after sitting 2 days and the battery is only 1 month old.
Thanks for any help - I've lurked and learned here several years.
25 = GEM / PATS / Speedometer
26 = battery saver relay / interior lamps relays / some other lights
I replaced the GEM and problem remains (drain also disappears when the GEM is disconnected). Leaning toward the battery saver, so question #1 - Where is it? It's not in the GEM b/c i disassembled this and no dice. I'm leaning toward replacing the relay next.
Question #2 - any suggestions? I can't start after sitting 2 days and the battery is only 1 month old.
Thanks for any help - I've lurked and learned here several years.