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  • #16
    Re: losing power when off

    Originally posted by seafoamgreenv6
    dude if there is a bad ground from the alternator then the battery will drain when the alternator is not spinning. the positive cable acts as an open circuit.
    The only way an alternator could drain power from your battery is that the diodes in the alternator were shorted and in that case it would not charge.
    2000 Firebird A4, 3.42 LSD, K&N, Free Cold Air, PaceSetter, 3" in/out Catco, 3" S-Pipe, 3" Intermidiate Pipe, 2.5" Flowmaster 80

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    • #17
      Re: losing power when off

      hey dumb question but i cant remember from my last camaro. does the clock on the radio always stay on? i cannot remember for the life of me.

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      • #18
        Re: losing power when off

        no. all power should shut of when you open the door and then the lights go out on there own. at least on my 97 and 98

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