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"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 03/21/2014 at 15:49 • Filed to: None

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Have I ever told you guys how much I hate doing electrical work? After nearly an hour fiddling around with a Power Probe the only conclusion I've been able to come to is that maybe, just -maybe- my non-working power locks are caused by a bad relay buried deep in the dash.

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/21/2014 at 15:51

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Electrics suck.

philipilihp > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/21/2014 at 15:54

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Hehe, power probe...

Sorry, it's Friday afternoon and I'm leaving work in 5 min.

Takuro Spirit > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/21/2014 at 16:00

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In the Neon? Do none of them work?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 03/21/2014 at 16:01

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...power, that is!

/workingonthemisdraininggetit

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Takuro Spirit 03/21/2014 at 16:33

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They work but there's something creating a draw that kills the battery overnight. I was thinking it was maybe a short in the system somewhere but I tested all the switches and the fuse box and everything seems fine. If the relay's bad it could be firing off constantly while the car sits and draining all the power. Unfortunately, it's not in the main relay box under the hood but somewhere deep in the dash behind the radio/HVAC stuff.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > philipilihp 03/21/2014 at 16:34

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Dood look it up, it's like a circuit tester on steroids. It's the best for troubleshooting electrical gremlins.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 03/21/2014 at 16:35

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I also spent like thirty minutes trying to fix a dead speaker.

Takuro Spirit > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/21/2014 at 16:53

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How did you narrow it down to it being the locks?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Takuro Spirit 03/21/2014 at 18:46

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What I meant was that they were able to operate, not that they were usable. They fire off if I disconnect and reconnect the battery, so they technically work, but about the same time that the battery drain started the switches and remote stopped working. Pulling out the fuse stopped the drain so I've just been driving around without power locks for six months.

Takuro Spirit > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/21/2014 at 19:13

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Ah. I see. Well at least you narrowed it down to one system. Sometimes you can spend days checking every system until you narrow it down to what's causing the draw. Chryslers are known for bad lock actuators, but I never heard of one going bad in a way that would cause a draw. But then again, anything is possible.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Takuro Spirit 03/21/2014 at 22:20

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And that's exactly why I hate electrical work. With mechanical problems you can almost always identify the issue just by the sound it makes or the symptoms it causes, and from then on it's just a matter of undoing some bolts and swapping in a new part. Electrical problems are just fu*king infuriating to troubleshoot.