stuarto
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- Toronto, Ontario
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- Explorer XLT 2013
Hi All,
I thought I would share what I'm experiencing with battery drain. I only uncovered this, this morning, and so have not managed to really get into exploration yet. This said though, I have an initial block that one of your good folk may have the answer to.
The situation is that with the Explorer parked in the garage, locked, nothing plugged into OBDII port, nothing plugged into DC outlets, no interior/exterior lights on, the constant battery drain is 2.1A. That is HUGE! and wrong.
So I tried to identify the source by checking every fuse in the book under the hood for voltage drop across them - nothing. I actually doubted my meter initially because I wasn't expecting this.
After this, I removed the cable that "plugs in" to the +ve battery terminal. I don't know if it has a specific name but it's the one with a green connector that runs left>right in direction. I'm hoping to paste the image below.
Now that I know this is the source, I don't know where it goes. Given the gauge of the cable, this must split into many other cables or fuses that I can then go check. Anyone have any ideas? Something isn't working right downstream from this connector...specifically, it's not turning off!
Thanks!
I thought I would share what I'm experiencing with battery drain. I only uncovered this, this morning, and so have not managed to really get into exploration yet. This said though, I have an initial block that one of your good folk may have the answer to.
The situation is that with the Explorer parked in the garage, locked, nothing plugged into OBDII port, nothing plugged into DC outlets, no interior/exterior lights on, the constant battery drain is 2.1A. That is HUGE! and wrong.
So I tried to identify the source by checking every fuse in the book under the hood for voltage drop across them - nothing. I actually doubted my meter initially because I wasn't expecting this.
After this, I removed the cable that "plugs in" to the +ve battery terminal. I don't know if it has a specific name but it's the one with a green connector that runs left>right in direction. I'm hoping to paste the image below.
Now that I know this is the source, I don't know where it goes. Given the gauge of the cable, this must split into many other cables or fuses that I can then go check. Anyone have any ideas? Something isn't working right downstream from this connector...specifically, it's not turning off!
Thanks!