Thats exactly right...recommend a multi-meter that detects amps.
Andy
wild wild westy 82
----- Original Message -----
From: <KENWILFY@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: Finding a slow battery drain

> Some mechanics that my brother took his '92 Passat to last week to find a
> battery drain had a pretty simple way to track it down.
> Put a multimeter on the battery that shows the drain.
> Start pulling fuses in the fuse panel until the drain stops.  Look up in
the
> manual what the fuse controls and you will have it pretty narrowed down.
>
> For him it was his automatic seat belt system that seemed to work fine,
but
> there was a switch that the mechanism was supposed to hit when it moved to
> the end of it's travel.  Apparently this switch was worn out and even
though
> you couldn't hear it or anything the electric motor that moves the seat
belt
> mechanism was running all the time.
> They moved the seat belt mechanism to where it would normally be when
someone
> is in the seat and then disabled the electric part.  Now they just have to
> undo two belts when getting in or out of the car, but at least their
battery
> doesn't keep going dead.
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> http://www.vanagain.com
> John 3:16
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