Re: [Chevelle-list] BATTERY DRAIN

[Keith C. Cooper]

Let me know if you find the problem. I have a 71 Chevelle with the same problem. If you do not start the car every 3-4 day, the battery will be completely dead, no lights, no nothing, dead. I have checked the brake lights, glove box light, dome light, hood light, everything is good. I have a new Sears Die Hard, New cables, etc   Something is pulling power, just can not find it.  Someone was telling me something about connecting a test light to the negative side of the battery and start pulling fuses out. When the test light went off then you might have the open circuit or if you pulled all the fused out and the test light was still on then the problem was under the hood. I was also going the pull half of the fuses and wait a week to see if the car would start, then pull the second half. If the car started when you pull the first half, then you would have the problem down to just 4-5 circuit, then you would put half of the those fuses back in and wait a week until you found the circuit that had the problem.  Does anyone know but using the test light on the negative side of the battery and pulling fuses one at a time of find the problem??   Keith C. Cooper   ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 5:06 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] BATTERY DRAIN I have a '70 LS5 and am having battery problems.   I will drive the car on weekends and put it under cover Sunday night and then the next Saturday morning the battery is dead.  This past week I started it up on Wednesday without a problem.  Went out this Saturday afternoon and their was not enough battery strength to turn the engine.  Clock was still running and the dome light was very weak.    Over the past month I have installed a new battery, alternator and voltage regular.  Put new correct cables on it two years ago.   Any thoughts what is causing this battery drain?   Thanks, Jerry Wells ACES 5923