Narrowed the problem down

Submitted: Sunday, Oct 26, 2003 at 15:34
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Hi Thanks to everybody who has helped with my battery problems (post 8079)
I beleive I have narrowed the problem. It seems to be to do with the glow plug circuit. There is a two cables that lead from the battery to a plug /socket type set-up a few inches from the battery.

When this is unplugged the current draw reduces to Zero.

When traced out one of these (call cableA) wires goes to the glow plug relays and the other (cable B) goes back along inside the front fender back to a plug on the fuse panel. When cable A is disconnected it makes no difference to the current drawn ( still 2 amps)

When cable B is disconnected at battery current reduces to Zero therefore I assume fault is in cable B.

If cable B is left connected at battery but disconnected behind fuse panel the current draw remains at 2 amps Therefore I assume fault is in cable B but before fuse panel.

The problem is I can not see any relays or anything between these two points that could be causing the problem. Could anybody shed some more light on this problem? Or even explain how the glow plug circuit works?
I think it could be time for trip to the auto electrician
Thanks
Jim
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