H1 Electrical Drain on Batteries

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H1 Electrical Drain on Batteries

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I dont use my H1 much and I know I must have some parasitic drag on my batteries. Im thinking of using a battery disconnect switch.  Anyone have any suggestions. Thanks.
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Re: H1 Electrical Drain on Batteries

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Other than doing an ohms test on every curcuit to find out where the drain is, the battery disconnect system is your best option. I have a similar issue on mine, batterys go dead in 3 days flat. I manually disconnect then every time i think the truck will sit for a bit of time.
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Re: H1 Electrical Drain on Batteries

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Did you guys check your Flux Capacitor???
<p class="bbc_center">1 - There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under the heavens:

3b - a time to tear down and a time to build,

5 - a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

Ecclesiastes 3:1,3b&5a
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Re: H1 Electrical Drain on Batteries

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Years ago my truck was draining in days, they found it to be short in the alternator, something about the diode that' was in it causing short.
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Re: H1 Electrical Drain on Batteries

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Flux capacitor? Sounds like back to the future to me. If your serious whats that?
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Flux capacitor? Sounds like back to the future to me. If your serious whats that?
Nope! Just joking with you!
<p class="bbc_center">1 - There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under the heavens:

3b - a time to tear down and a time to build,

5 - a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

Ecclesiastes 3:1,3b&5a
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Re: H1 Electrical Drain on Batteries

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This video found good...sorta like Roy's idea.. An other you tube check after market item fuses first,
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