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Electrical Vampire


Amandtot

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Hello peugeot Mecs,

My 1985 Peugeot N9T has developed an electrical vampire in it.

For the last two months something has been draining the battery at the

rate of three- tenths of amp, steadily. Over nite the battery will lose

20% of its charge. If the car is not started for the period of three- four

days the battery will completely be discharged. All aux. lights, glove box

lic. plate, overheads have been checked to be off. All fuses have been

pulled and checked for draw. Nothing. At first I thought its was a bad

battery from due to the fact that it went flat and was recharged at

least fifteen times. I got Sams Club to give me a new one and the

alternator has just been re-built. Tomorrow the car goes to the shop along with the N9T engine manual to start checking the main electrical

wires coming off the battery. Again. Please , does anyone have any idea

how to solve this problem ? Thank You. Sincerely Carl Gliko

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The 505 has a power distribution block on the + battery cable. I would check each of the red 8ga wires that go into the block for draw to see if you can isolate from there.

I've got the same issue to figure out in a friends 2008 Mustang - so if I figure out any tricks I'll post up here.

Rabin

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  • 2 years later...

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I've got the same thing going on with my '87 505 STX. It could be a bad battery as the Alternator was bad and it may have brought the battery with it. It's been too cold and I've been too busy to spend time on it so I've been resolving it by hooking up the battery charger at night so it's good the next day.

Like the OP I checked to make sure all accessories are off. Will start testing draw off the pos lead,

Peeter

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