Re: Minor(?) electrical problem...

[jtrealty@xxxx]

Look for the simple things first. Make sure you are using the correct 
size fuse. Check the wiring at the door switches, if the buzzer wires 
are mixed with the courtesy light wires on the 2 left door switches 
strange things can happen. Look at the front and rear courtesy lights 
in the passenger compartment. If melted or bent it could be blowing 
the fuse and draining the battery. The door switches are supposed to 
have little rubber boots on the plungers. If missing the lights could 
remain on (you wouldn't even know it especially if you keep the 
interior lights off as the door lights would stay on). It is possible 
but rare for one of the many diodes in the courtesy circuit to fail 
causing fuses to blow and lights to stay on.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757 



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Adam Price" <acprice1@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hello I recently bought a delorean and have discovered an annoying 
problem. 
> I noticed my courtesies lights were off one day so checked the fuse 
and it 
> was blown. I tried replacing the fuse but it would only last for a 
few days 
> and then pop again. Foolishly I put another fuse in two days ago and 
drove 
> it to work. After work I noticed that the courtesies lights were 
again off 
> so I checked the fuse. the fuse was intact this time so I was 
confused until 
> I tried to start the car. My battery was drained!!!!!
> 
> So I have concluded that I have a short to ground somewhere in the 
wiring 
> for the courtesies. THe battery had enough power to pop the fuse, 
but as I 
> kept replacing the fuse, the battery drained a bit more every time 
and the 
> final time it didnt have enough power to pop the fuse so it just sat 
there 
> and drained.
> 
> So my questions are thus: Does my conclusion sound accurate? Has 
this ever 
> happened to anyone else? Where do you think the short may be?
> 
> Thanks, Adam 16683 two-tone interior
> 
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