This is my daily driver. No warnings prior to this. Previous day the factory gauge was reading 26-27 volts like always.
I went to start my HJ61 and it was DEAD. No click, no lights, nothing. No lights are switches left on, door light was not on.
Battery#1 - 2.5Volts. Battery #2 - 7Volts.
Recharged each battery at low current overnight - took next day to O'Riellys where both batteries test fine. They said 95% capacity.
Put the batteries back in and hooked it up.
Measured voltage with DMM. Within a couple of hours, it was down to 19 Volts across both batteries.
Removed and Re-Charged batteries.
Got a 30Amp/75mV shunt to measure current at negative battery terminal. Measured 40mV or ~16A !!!!
One by one removed the connections at the + battery terminal.
The wire labeled "AM 1.25 B" is drawing ALL of the current. (this is now the ONLY wire connected at the + Battery terminal.)
I removed every standard fuse in the fuse box for kicks.
Still drawing 16A (if I let it sit, the current drops to about 13A after about 60 secs - don't want to leave it connected any longer).
PLEASE HELP
- What could be drawing this much current?
- What steps would you take next to diagnose?
Also, I loaned my FSM to a friend who is not available. Circuit diagrams appreciated.
I went to start my HJ61 and it was DEAD. No click, no lights, nothing. No lights are switches left on, door light was not on.
Battery#1 - 2.5Volts. Battery #2 - 7Volts.
Recharged each battery at low current overnight - took next day to O'Riellys where both batteries test fine. They said 95% capacity.
Put the batteries back in and hooked it up.
Measured voltage with DMM. Within a couple of hours, it was down to 19 Volts across both batteries.
Removed and Re-Charged batteries.
Got a 30Amp/75mV shunt to measure current at negative battery terminal. Measured 40mV or ~16A !!!!
One by one removed the connections at the + battery terminal.
The wire labeled "AM 1.25 B" is drawing ALL of the current. (this is now the ONLY wire connected at the + Battery terminal.)
I removed every standard fuse in the fuse box for kicks.
Still drawing 16A (if I let it sit, the current drops to about 13A after about 60 secs - don't want to leave it connected any longer).
PLEASE HELP
- What could be drawing this much current?
- What steps would you take next to diagnose?
Also, I loaned my FSM to a friend who is not available. Circuit diagrams appreciated.