98 X-90 (Sidekick) Pulsating Battery Draw?

[fixkick]

easy, (mostly)
no that is NOT normal
and the 60 amp goes to the ignition switch and its an open circuit.
if the switch is bad then pulling that wire to that switch will stop the flash.
if not, then you have some hacking there, something added to that wire, by someone,,, inspect that wire end to end.

that pulsing is the ECU or some load on that wire trying to boot up and the lamp heats up , the voltage drops and cause what ever is there to reboot.

IG fuse is fender fuse #3
and is colored. white -green, and goes to all 3 ignition (inputs) switches, inside switch. one of the 3 is stuck closed,. or hacks there

the proof is here, 1998 (as you can see, key out, there ARE no loads on that fuse.)




to stop the flashing use a real ammeter, a real ammeter is 0 ohms (not a lamp ) and will send full power to the objects stuck on and stop pulsing..

keep in mind the loads are not designed to work with a series, lamp. ever. (causes them to malf)
but the lamp is a valid test, you see it does leak and is real, non the less.

how ever, we have seen the alternator regs short inside, and back feeds power (from the big hot alt wire) to the other side of the ign switch.
so unplug the alternator rear plug......the small plug.
also unplug gently the big alt wire. its hot all the time so do fast and tape the end quickly , to see if the drain ends.

yes, alternators short and some do so, in the most odd ways.

I wonder if its a double failure?? ignition switch and alt.? as the 60amp pull proves the ign switch is leaking... you will find that soon.

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thanks for sharing...