Parasitic Drain
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Car: 1984 Camaro Berlinetta
Engine: 350 sbc .60 over
Transmission: 700r4 2800-3000 Stall
Axle/Gears: 7.5" 28 spline axles. 3.42 gears
Parasitic Drain
This is my first post on here so I'm pretty new to how everything works on here. Anyways I have an 84 Berlinetta and it's been giving me a real pain. So around winter time last year it got below freezing and my battery wouldn't hold a charge anymore. I got a new battery in it and it was fine for a good while. However it started dying again but wasn't too big of a deal since it barely was doing it and still in winter. The battery was tested twice and reads that it's good. The problem got worse to now if it sits for two days it'll be completely dead. So me and a friend starting looking at what it may be. We took a meter to the battery to see how much draw was on it and it read 0.29 amps. We pulled fuses and had a test light on the battery to see if it dimmed when a fuse was pulled and nothing happened. However when pulling the fuse that has the hazards connected to that circuit they would turn off when pulling that fuse. Same for the one that the buzzer is connected to. I've replaced all the fuses in it before too and it never did that so I'm very confused on what it may be. It also has a brand new alternator as well and it's charging normally. Soon i will be pulling it's motor to build and redo all it's wiring. For now any advice on what to maybe check or do so it stops doing this is appreciated
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