Hi Volks,

One more bit of advice here.... pulling fuses is certainly a good place
to start, but there's no guarantee that the problem is on a fused
circuit. There are lots of places where an accessory could be installed
upstream of the fusebox with a fuse of its own.

If the current drain isn't detected by pulling fuses you will need to
look for problems upstream of the fuse box:
  - Look for extra wires heading from the battery to power auxiliary
components, esp. radios or heaters.
  - Wires leading from the hot side of the fuse box may also have been
added to power some accessory or other.

Also:
  - Make sure the battery is completely clean... if the top is
contaminated and damp it's possible there could be a small loss there.

Most of the time these problems seem to come from accessories...
fridges, radios or anti-theft systems.

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 16-Aug-04, at 12:26 PM, Neal Hansen wrote:

> You don't need a current meter, you can use a small 12 volt lamp bulb,
> such
> as a dome light in line with the battery. When the light goes out you
> have
> cleared the short.
>                                                         Neal-
> ----------------------------
>
> Date:    Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:55:13 -0400
> From:    Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
> Subject: Re: Short in Electrical System
>
> Put a current meter in line with the battery.  Then start pulling
> fuses.  This will isolate the circuit.  I have the same problem
> but "no time to kiil" .   Let me know what you find.
>                               ERic
>
> Warren Gaylor wrote:
>
>> Hi Fellow Westy addicts-
>>     My 91 westy's battery is completely drained after not being
>> driven for
> a
>> couple of weeks, the battery is less than a year old and when put on
>> the
>> charger comes right up to fully charged. Any ideas how to start
>> checking
> where the
>> short may be? I think this is a fairly new problem as it has been not
>> used
>> for several months in the past with no hesitation on starting. I had
>> to
> have a
>> new A/C compressor installed and this problem has seemed to have
>> started
> after
>> this work was done, however all the connections there look okay,
>> Any Ideas?
>> Thanks
>> Warren & Geranium the Fourth
>>
>>
>>
>
>