Electrical Short, how to find it...HELP...
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Electrical Short, how to find it...HELP...
Baught this truck a little over 2 years ago, and the day i baught it, the dealership put a brand new battery in it. A month ago, i woke up for work and the battery was dead. I let it sit all day, and the next day it started up fine, ran good for 3 weeks, and the other day it was dead again. Ended up buying a new battery. Now it starts stronger then ever, but the battery light is on. I took it to autozone and had them test the battery and alternator. Both Stong, but the guy did a test where he removed the positive and touched the neg to a ground, then would touch the pos to the post and it would have a tiny spark. He said that means i have a short somewhere which is causing the battery light to come on???
thoughts???
Also about 6 months ago i did a LED gauge swap, and after that is when i noticed the light. I thought it was just cause the LEDS are so bright?
Thoughts??
thoughts???
Also about 6 months ago i did a LED gauge swap, and after that is when i noticed the light. I thought it was just cause the LEDS are so bright?
Thoughts??
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could it be something as simple as a LED in my gauges not plugged in all the way or something?? Because if i remember correctly, the light came on after the LED swap? im going to take it apart today and see what i come up with, otherwise i have no idea. Only other wiring ive meesed with is audio, and ive dont plenty of audio to know how to do it right..
any main things i should check? before i take it to a shop???
any main things i should check? before i take it to a shop???
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Well, i fixed it. I started to think, and a month ago when i took the truck in to get the intake manifold gaskets replaced, i told the guy i wasnet popping a CEL. He told me he did the test and it was popping a CEL, but the light was burnt out or not working. I started to think about that today so i tore apart the guages and checked all the bulbs. then i switched the theft bulb with the CEL bulb, put it all back together, and started the truck.........................NO BATTERY LIGHT ANYMORE!!!
thing is the battery i just replaced 2 days ago was only 2 years old. i wonder if it was even bad. I didnt even have them check it because when i was taking it out of the truck, i dropped it and it was leaking acid, so i just bought a new one. yet its hard to believe the battery went bad after only 2 years. O well, after installing this new battery, it starts strong and instantly!!!
thing is the battery i just replaced 2 days ago was only 2 years old. i wonder if it was even bad. I didnt even have them check it because when i was taking it out of the truck, i dropped it and it was leaking acid, so i just bought a new one. yet its hard to believe the battery went bad after only 2 years. O well, after installing this new battery, it starts strong and instantly!!!
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