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Old Jan 15, 2018 | 6:48 PM
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Default parasitic draw - Blower Motor Resistor Assembly - pull the plug

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... fuse 51 feeds the blower resistor high speed blower motor circuit and nothing else. ...
It sounds like pulling the connector off the BMRA is what I need to do to be sure whatever is shorting in the BMRA is disconnected and does not continue to drain the battery.
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Old Jan 15, 2018 | 11:46 PM
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worth a shot
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Old Jan 18, 2018 | 1:50 PM
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Default Blower Motor Resistor Assembly - no short?

I have a parasitic draw on my battery.
I found it going thru fuse 51. I can only find that fuse 51 feeds the HIGH speed of the blower.

I did a desk top continuity test of BMRA and do not see anything I identify as a short. (?)
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I assume that to have a parasitic draw thru the BMRA it would have to have a short in it feeding power to ground.

Anyone see what I am missing?
Could this mean there is a short in the r/blk wire from fuse 51 to the wide connector?

Since the blower motor is feed by the BMRA could it short without the BMRA? ... clutching at straws
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Old Feb 1, 2018 | 5:22 AM
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I have a parasitic drain on my 1988 G20 van I still can't figure out.I've pulled all of the fuses and put a test light between the positive cable and the positive post and it still lights up.
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Old Feb 1, 2018 | 8:09 AM
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how much is the draw? Use a amp meter instead of the test light. anything over 50mamps is excessive. What aftermarket items are wired into the van. Aftermarket remote start modules can add 30mamps.
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