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<blockquote data-quote="stones" data-source="post: 1029259" data-attributes="member: 540734">Ya, relays and fuses are seperate they are little black cubes that turn shit on and off with the ignition, if one gets stuck in the on position you will have a battery drain.They look like this<img src="http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/6076/rl33iz.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/4982/relayhkv46pd.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />One way to test for a current drain is to take a simple tailight bulb and solder a couple wires on it for the + and -.Remove your positive battery terminal and connect the positive wire for the bulb to the battery then connect the negative wire to the loose battery cable.Now with the car off it shouldn&#039;t drain enough current to make the bulb glow, but if the bulb glows brightly somthing is definitely on when it shouldnt be.This works because when everything is off there should be no negative path for the bulb to work, but if a component is running there is a negative path so current is pulled through the bulb, the brighter the bulb shines the greater the current draw.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stones, post: 1029259, member: 540734"] Ya, relays and fuses are seperate they are little black cubes that turn shit on and off with the ignition, if one gets stuck in the on position you will have a battery drain. They look like this [IMG]http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/6076/rl33iz.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/4982/relayhkv46pd.jpg[/IMG] One way to test for a current drain is to take a simple tailight bulb and solder a couple wires on it for the + and -. Remove your positive battery terminal and connect the positive wire for the bulb to the battery then connect the negative wire to the loose battery cable. Now with the car off it shouldn't drain enough current to make the bulb glow, but if the bulb glows brightly somthing is definitely on when it shouldnt be. This works because when everything is off there should be no negative path for the bulb to work, but if a component is running there is a negative path so current is pulled through the bulb, the brighter the bulb shines the greater the current draw. [/QUOTE]

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