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Old 02-22-2011, 12:35 PM
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Good morning all, as a newb to Rennlist. I would like to thank everyone for their valuable input before hand.
I have just bought a 1992 C2 from Florida, and it appears thta the car was not up to par per my first estimation. I am experiencing a significant static current drain on the battery (approx 140mh). I followed the procedure in the Bentley and ruled out the battery and the alternator. Now when I pulled the fuses I noticed a drop of 20mh at fuse #1 and an additional 20mh at fuse #12.
these 2 circuit controle #1: LH & RH front blower fan
and circuit #12: central locking, warning flasher.

What should I look for other than leaving the fuse off.... a relay maybe or faulty blower motor ???

I am also concern that the remaining 90mh will also drain my battery overnight.

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Old 02-22-2011, 12:51 PM
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Yes, you should be looking for 40-60 milliamps for a base load. If you are drawing more, then you will run your battery down. The CCU is powered by fuse #1. Try removing the CCU and retest the load. My CCU was bad and was pulling 450 ma. After repairing the CCU, my car draws 40ma.

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Old 02-22-2011, 02:27 PM
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thanks Rob for the info. forgive me my ignorance, but what and where is the CCU??? Is it the same as the ECU?

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Sorry, CCU = Climate Control Unit. Its the unit that controls the heating/air conditioning.

You can remove it with standard stereo tools. I bought mine at Radio Shack.

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If the CCU is defective you will have to change a transsistor. More info about the CCU in here:

http://privat.bluezone.no/toreb2000/ccurepair.html
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Do you by any chance have a heater bypass tube rather than the rear blower fan?
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Originally Posted by milutintin
If the CCU is defective you will have to change a transsistor. More info about the CCU in here:

http://privat.bluezone.no/toreb2000/ccurepair.html
Thanks a lot milutintin, that's great information.

Shamus, I do not have a CF bypass heater tube yet, but interesting enough I have one in order from Rennline, should arrive today or tomorrow.
Is there something I should know about the install of this carbon fiber tube/pipe?? Fabspeed has a video install of this part and just mention to zip-tie the connectors together to the fuel rail with no other mods.

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Originally Posted by PChar
Is there something I should know about the install of this carbon fiber tube/pipe?? Fabspeed has a video install of this part and just mention to zip-tie the connectors together to the fuel rail with no other mods.
Assuming you are looking at the heater fan removal, it's a little more complicated than that. Some good info:

http://www.porsche964.co.uk/technical/noheater.htm


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