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| Posted: 06:04am 23 Aug 2024 |
Many years ago I had a work vehicle (1985 Ford Falcon Station wagon) that was not used on the weekends and occasionally I would have a flat battery at the start of the week. When I parked it at the end of the week I regularly grabbed the multimeter and measured the current drain from the battery and eventually I found a 500mA draw when parked. I started lifting fuses and relays to track it down and located the fault to a sticky relay that operated a heater element in the carburetor for cold starting.
It took weeks to catch it but I was glad when I did.
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