1996 850 turbo battery drain

Post by **erikv11** » 26 Jun 2015, 08:51

Muhley wrote:new symptoms! I was driving today and there is a faint chime, no interior lights come on and I know i put it all back together right haha

This is classic behavior for a bad door latch microswitch. Just throwing that out there.

Muhley · Post by **Muhley** » 26 Jun 2015, 20:14

Update!
I got the new symptoms sorted out, they were my own stupid fault... I forgot to plug the fuses back in haha

I also had an electrician friend come over and he confirmed that the central locking relay was the cause of the drain coming from fuse 6, so off to the junk yard for a new relay. Finally he thought that a bare wire might be shorting fuse 15 and that's why its draining and no lights are on. If that is the cause i'm guessing its something with the door wire harnesses. i wont get much of a chance to test things the next couple days but ill update soon.

Thanks for the support guys!

Post by **scot850** » 26 Jun 2015, 20:21

You don't have a Volvo garage door opener in the sun visor do you? That was the draw I had with one of my V70's. The unit was shorted and constantly running. Replaced with a regular visor and all was well.

Neil.

Muhley · Post by **Muhley** » 26 Jun 2015, 20:54

No I just have a regular visor but I could see something similar to that draining it.

Post by **abscate** » 02 Nov 2019, 10:13

Bumping this topic for the drain problem on Evita for reference

Note, author was probably reporting milliamperes drains not micro amp