Battery drain problem fixed....... I think
02-13-2005, 08:11 PM
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Battery drain problem fixed....... I think
My battery was going dead within a few days after charge. I placed an amp. meter in series with the battery and found the car pulling 1.8 amps. I could also hear a clicking noise from under the drivers seat. Turns out the window module was staying energized. Unplugged it and the current dropped to 50 Milli amps. (normal/acceptable). SO....... the window module is supposed to stay energized until a door is opened (windows operate until a door is opened). What is confusing and I can only speculate on is the lights WOULD come on when you open a door and the window WOULD stop working when the door was opened but the window module would never de-energize. I checked resistance to ground on the leg of the window module that causes it to de-energize when a ground is applied and resistance was very high (far from a good ground) by turning the "door open" switches I was able to rub off some of the oxidization on the contacts and get a better ground after which the module WOULD de-enegize and my current draw dropped to 50 MA.
My only conclusion is the interior light module MUST simply take a lesser ground to disengage than the window module.
Hope this helps someone!
or if you have better knowledge of this circuit please feel free to chime in.
My only conclusion is the interior light module MUST simply take a lesser ground to disengage than the window module.
Hope this helps someone!
or if you have better knowledge of this circuit please feel free to chime in.
