? Something pulling it down ?
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? Something pulling it down ?
1. ok I got an 05 F250 xl 5.4 I really need the fuse box diagram because my truck did not come with any of the paper work.
2. I have installed a cb and 4 off road lights on my truck everything is wired straigh to the battery with in line fuses. But for the past 2 weeks it has been dead over night. I had battery and all check out they say there good, but battery is 7 years old motorcraft. So im sure my lights and cb are more than likely pulling it down, But I just dont know what to do from here. Any ideas? Thanks for the help!
2. I have installed a cb and 4 off road lights on my truck everything is wired straigh to the battery with in line fuses. But for the past 2 weeks it has been dead over night. I had battery and all check out they say there good, but battery is 7 years old motorcraft. So im sure my lights and cb are more than likely pulling it down, But I just dont know what to do from here. Any ideas? Thanks for the help!
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Disconnect the battery when you park the truck for the night. Reconnect it in the AM. If it's dead, then it's dying all by itself. I really would not trust a 7 year old battery, regardless of how it tests.
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Ok so after I unhooked everything and truck has been sitting for 24 hrs. My battery has not died yet. But it has been taking a few days to happen. So I'm going to get a new one this week anyway. But if it is my lights, how should I wire them to only draw power when truck is on. Any threads on this?
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Yea they are on switches put I know it pulls power to the switch and then stops there till I turn them on. Thats not gonna draw the battery down enough to hurt anything right? I got a new battery today and truck is cranking faster than ever and RPMs are not dieing at idle. So I got it fixed.
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