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Marcos Baca Posted on Jul 09, 2017

97fordescort beeps when there is no key. it displays a battery draw somewhere. when i pull the btn fuse it's circuit amperage reduces but the power draw still exists.the chime ranges from slow to fast

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 11, 2009

SOURCE: battery dies over night, blower motor stays running when the key

Need to do a draw test on individual components and also whether it is drawing from + or - side of the system.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Aug 01, 2009

SOURCE: excessive battery drain when all is switched off

i have a 2003 ford windstar that had both battery drain and flickering dome lights and solved both. The battery drain believe it or not was the radio which is factory. This was the only fuse that i didn't pull(trying too narrow my drain) because it didn't look like a fuse.... it looks like a square block and it took a pair of needle nose pliers to get it out. Once i got it out it initially raised the amp pull, but then i waited the 30 minutes for the computor go to sleep or into hibernative mode the amp dropped off to next to nothing.... below what factory spec said it should be....next the flickering dome lights.... it turned out to be a wiring culprit in the headliner above the support post behind the passenger sliding door.... i re-wrapped it and haven't seen a flicker since. Oh and one other thing i would like to add, we thought my transmission had gone up about a year ago.... even the dealer said i needed a new tranny, but after talking to a couple of mechanics i was convinced to replace the torque converter and i was back on the road driving. The symtom was that it just stopped! We drove to the store fine and came back out to go home and it started fine but would not move. I hope all this info helps many who are struggling out there!!

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  • Posted on Nov 11, 2009

SOURCE: 2000 ford excursion battery draw

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Jb power is Junction Block power
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