Hi. I'm not a electrical expert for sure, but I know enough to keep myself out of trouble...however, I'm having a hard time finding what is drawing a constant 1.2 amps of current in my 1999 XJ8 (I posted here because I doubt it's specific to that model).

Here's what I've done - disconnected the negative cable on the battery put a multimeter between the post and the cable - measures 1.2 amps. The doors are latched and the trunk is latched. Everything is turned off.

Then, I connected a test light and started pulling fuses one at a time. I pulled every fuse and nothing caused the light to go out. Correction - I pulled every fuse except for the 3 - 5 that have special covers.

Is there any unfused circuits that could be causing the draw? Any other tests I could do?

 

Couldn't figure out how to delete this thread. Turns out one of the doors wasn't latched as I originally thought...though I'm not sure why pulling the door switch fuses wouldn't have dropped the amps.

 

Bill,

Members can'r delete thread - only Moderators can do this.

Good to hear you traced and fixed the fault. Thanks for coming back to post the result. I've added "RESOLVED" to your thread title.

Graham