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Old Mar 19, 2012
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Hi everyone!, I am new to this site and i just bought a 96 f150 flareside. I am going to need some help from all of you however. I have a battery draw that is killing my battery in a short period of time. I have used a test light between the negative battery terminal and the cable and pulled out the fuses until it goes out. I found one 50 amp maxi fuse under the hood that is causing most of the draw (light is still on but very dim). I found out that this fuse refers to 5,9,13 in the fusebox in the cab. I then pulled all 3 of those fuses together and it still has a draw with the 50 amp fuse in. At this point I dont know what to start checking any ideas?
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How much of a draw though? Did your test light dim quite a bit when you took those three fuses out?
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Yes it dimmed down to almost nothing. I am just realizing that there is always going to be atleast some draw on the battery all the time. Thanks for reminding me of that. I will have to try just pulling one of the three fuses at a time tonight to see which one exactly it is on. thanks.
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