[W126 Coupe] Back to the battery drain issue

[Markus Meyer]

 Vance, Well, if nobody has any ideas and you are at a loss, why not start pulling fuses and see what happens?  One fuse at a time, a week at a time, and hopefully you can narrow it down to at least what items are the culprit.  Theoretically when you pull the fuse causing the drain, it will stop, right?  I know it may take a bit, but with no other answers...why not!? Markus--- On Sat 02/04, Jim Ham < jimham at porcine.com > wrote:From: Jim Ham [mailto: jimham at porcine.com]To: vance.rowley at tiscali.co.uk, mbcoupes at mbcoupes.comDate: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 10:55:26 -0800Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Back to the battery drain issueThis may be off the wall, but it sounds like some heater is coming on to keep a regulated temperature. What's heated? I can think of a few things: bun warmers, windshield washer tips, maybe rear view mirrors. My car is a 500 so has fewer of these items. You might be able to feel around searching for something warm. All that energy is going somewhere.Regards,Jim 
HamAt 08:20 AM 2/4/2006, you wrote:>Well unfortunately, although all evidence pointed to the vacuum pump as >the cause of this intermittent 6amp current draw. I have had power to the >pump disconnected for over a week now. It just so happens I haven't used >the car for this last week, so was a good opportunity to see if the >battery would be OK or not. Well, you guessed it, the battery was almost >dead. Certainly not enough power to start the car anyway. Just a few small >cranks of the engine.>>So, has anyone any ideas what else could draw around 6amps for between 30 >and 60 secs every 5 to 10 minutes or so?>The 5 year mystery still unsolved as yet.>>Cheers,>>Vance.>The MB Coupes Website!>W126 SEC Mailing List>Postings remain property of MB Coupes, L.L.C.Porcine Associates+1.650.326.2669www.porcine.com The MB Coupes Website!W126 SEC Mailing ListPostings remain property of MB Coupes, L.L.C.

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