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Sep 29, 2011 | 01:55 PM

Bpayton

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Battery Draw Issue

I posted a little while ago about a battery draw issue I was having just wanted to post what I found. I want to I start out saying the front window leaks and I haven’t taken it in yet to be fixed and I have read that this can cause some problems under the dash. I brought the truck into work today and we started looking for the draw. I was drawing .34 milliamps and started pulling fuses and then I got to fuse #15 and the draw went to almost nothing. #15 5A Stop Lamp Switch (Logic), PATS, GEM I thought I read somewhere that the GEM box can go bad on these. Does anyone know how much this will run or if they have a similar problem?

Sep 29, 2011 | 02:34 PM

jasonodsky

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I believe the GEM goes bad from getting wet when the windshield leaks. If I remember correctly what I've read here.

Sep 29, 2011 | 06:29 PM

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.34 milliamps is nothing. Are you sure that's what it read? 60 milliamps is the benchmark we use for excessive draw.

Sep 29, 2011 | 06:33 PM

Bpayton

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It was bouncing between 342 and 357 milliamps

Sep 30, 2011 | 01:22 PM

Gene Horr

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.34 amps. That is a material amount. With new batteries a day or two shouldn't matter but longer than that and it becomes noticeable when you try and start it.