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Old Oct 14, 2024 | 11:09 AM
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Parasitic Draw

I noticed that when I let me truck sit for more than a 4 days, my batteries are dead. So I recharged that and found I have a draw of about 250mA being drawn off the batteries. I started pulling fuses and found that it is coming out of Fuse 110 which is a 50A fuse for the ignition switch. Where would be the best place to start for this? Is it possible that the key switch has a short in it?

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Old Oct 14, 2024 | 01:35 PM
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What'cha driving there Brian?
 
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Old Oct 14, 2024 | 05:38 PM
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Old Oct 14, 2024 | 06:11 PM
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A direct short would blow the fuse, so there has to be a draw in the breakout circuits past the 50a fuse. I don't have the '04 diagrams, but I'd check through the other fuses for having power through them.
 
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If the F2.110 circuit is the same as my '06, then I would pull the 15A Instrument Cluster fuse (mine is fuse 33) and see if that stops the draw.

EdIt - checking what little I have on '04 wiring, the Instrument Cluster fuses look to be 35 and 41 (both 10A). They are likely candidates.
 
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Old Oct 14, 2024 | 08:07 PM
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Alright thanks,
I'll get working on that tomorrow and report back
 
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Old Oct 14, 2024 | 11:20 PM
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Near as I can tell, fuse 110 feeds fuse #25 & 26 when in the run position only.
If you pull #25 and/or 26 and the load drops, I would assume that your ignition switch is shorting out.



 
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Old Oct 14, 2024 | 11:21 PM
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Sorry thats so blurry

I just noticed it also feeds fuse #27, so add that to the list.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2024 | 05:36 PM
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So went and did more testing, I pull Fuses 25, 26, 27, 35, and 41 but the draw was still there. I looked at a schematic some more and tried all the other fuses in the fuse box, but none of them stopped the power draw. Does that mean that maybe the key switch is bad?

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Any aftermarket wiring, alarm or autostart that might be tied into the ignition switch?
 
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It has an aftermarket radio and back up camera, but I would think that if it was the radio then pulling the radio fuses would have stopped the power draw.
 
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