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Old 01-23-2015, 06:22 PM   #13 (permalink)
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ignition switch ~ no voltage drop

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Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian View Post
I never saw such a problem with my 96. I was keying off momentarily to kill it. Do you have an injector or ignition kill instead? Try using the key for a while and see if you have different results. That battery usage seems more than excessive. I would see a spike in power consumption when I key on, as the fuel pump primes, but then it drops back down.
I'm using a main relay fuel injector switch. Turning the ignition (not the engine) off and on 10 times, with 3+ second pauses, only drops the battery by .02 volts total. The key must be turning the injectors on and off, and there is the same thumping sound, so I wonder what the difference is.

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