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Battery Draining - 9/17/2006 1:55:30 PM   
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I have a 95 Escort and for some reason the battery keeps draining. I bought a new battery, had the alternator checked (it is fine) and had the battery connectors changed and I am still having this problem. I have not done anything (like putting in a stereo or anything like that, car is 100% stock) so not sure what to do next.

Does anyone have any suggestions or have any advice on where to check next?

Any information is greatly appriciated.

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Matt
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RE: Battery Draining - 9/17/2006 1:59:26 PM   
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Try to disconnect the light in the trunk if it has 1 these switch's go bad and the light will stay on.

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RE: Battery Draining - 9/18/2006 8:39:18 AM   
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Ok, no lights on in the car.......what would be my next step in this process?

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RE: Battery Draining - 9/18/2006 9:08:07 AM   
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Go in the power distrubtion box under the hood and check the relay's and see if there are any that are warm.
Also see if anything in the car come's on with out the key.

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RE: Battery Draining - 9/21/2006 7:51:30 PM   
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OK, after looking more carfully I noticed that one of my dome lights was on. So I turned it off and decided to do that test where you disconnect the ground from the battery and put a test light there to see if it is draining anywhere then pulling fuses one by one. The light was bright at first then I pulled the fuse for the dome light and radio and it dimmed a bit, but it was still lit a little bit. Is that normal? I know that means there is still a drain but pulling the other fuses did not make it go off completely.

BTW, none of the relays were warm and nothing else (besides that light I missed) was one without the key in the ignition.

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RE: Battery Draining - 9/21/2006 8:14:26 PM   
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That is it then.
The computer will always have a small draw constantly.

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RE: Battery Draining - 9/21/2006 8:20:10 PM   
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Well that is great new then, thank you very much for your help. One last question for you. How long should it take a battery to fully charge at idle?

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RE: Battery Draining - 9/21/2006 8:41:55 PM   
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Thats hard to say it depends on how weak it is I would just take it for a ride to charge it.

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