Batterie drain when vehicle is off

Asked by Vanmark87 Jul 18, 2019 at 11:53 AM about the 2004 Ford E-Series E-350 Super Duty XL Passenger Van

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Number 5 fuse for door locks and under hood number 22
power windows windows and interior lights so number 5
the light goes dim then take out 22 and there is no light on
test light about 3 week's before my batterie died the kicks
stopped working then when manually lock them they pop
back up does anyone no what this is

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Make sure battery has full charge and connections all good. If battery is down, use a charger and get it charged up. I use 50 ma as a generic spec for amp draw. Some may use a little more, some a little less. That 50 ma is .050a, not even a tenth of an amp. Even lo end digital multimeters have an amp setting. As far as too much draw, the first thing I check is any lites on, interior--under the hood--where ever. The best time to check is in the dark. Sometimes a faulty diode in a generator can cause battery to drain. Next, I pull/replace fuses, one at a time. When you pull a fuse and the drain returns to normal, I check everything on that fuse circuit. I didn't quite understand your post, my bad. I haven't had my second cup of coffee, yet. Sometimes it takes me awhile to get the wheels turning. good luck

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