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1995 Chevy Suburban battery draw

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Electrical problem
1995 Chevy Suburban V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic

battery drains evry night replaced battery and alternator I have done the pull the fuse and check the light between the negative cable and the post game for every fuse and the light remained on. Anyone have any ideas on what it could be
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 AT 6:09 PM

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Hi poundtherock23 and TY for the donation

Disconnect the alternator and see what happens if it continues you have a short circuit within the electrical system get back asap
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 AT 6:53 PM
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Yeap the light still comes on even with alt disconnected
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 AT 7:18 PM
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Yeap still stays on
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 AT 7:19 PM
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Could it be the ignition. The key can be pulled out when the vehicle is running?
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 AT 7:22 PM
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Could be the Igt switch-Do this remove maxi fuse no.5/no.6 in the underhood fuse/relay center is the light still On-this 2-fuses powers the ignition switch
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Friday, December 4th, 2009 AT 5:26 AM
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YEAP I HAD ALL THE FUSES OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND I MEAN ALL THAT I COULD FIND AND LIGHT STILL CAME ON BETWEEN THE CABLE AND THE POST WAS STILL LITE UP
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Friday, December 4th, 2009 AT 12:31 PM
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Disconnect the alternator and see what happens if it continues time to check all the wiring for direct short to ground, to include relays/circuit breakers etc-This one is gonna be hard to find
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Saturday, December 5th, 2009 AT 12:05 PM

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