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<blockquote data-quote="NCDiesel" data-source="post: 103346" data-attributes="member: 14546"><p>I have a mid-nineties 753 bobcat. As soon as I got it last year I noticed it was draining the battery just sitting: - within just a week or two. So I made a few checks and sure enough it was losing about 250 mA while the machine was off. I suspected the alternator so I disconnected the alternator and I no longer had a parasitic drain on the battery. My guess was this is because somehow the wiring for the excitation voltage is not going through the ignition switch. So since then I have been disconnecting the battery. But recently I munged up battery cable connector doing it so much, so I've decided it's time to fix it. I have no idea where to start to even look for a wiring issue. Any hints, tips, or tricks? Thanks in advance!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NCDiesel, post: 103346, member: 14546"] I have a mid-nineties 753 bobcat. As soon as I got it last year I noticed it was draining the battery just sitting: - within just a week or two. So I made a few checks and sure enough it was losing about 250 mA while the machine was off. I suspected the alternator so I disconnected the alternator and I no longer had a parasitic drain on the battery. My guess was this is because somehow the wiring for the excitation voltage is not going through the ignition switch. So since then I have been disconnecting the battery. But recently I munged up battery cable connector doing it so much, so I’ve decided it’s time to fix it. I have no idea where to start to even look for a wiring issue. Any hints, tips, or tricks? Thanks in advance!! [/QUOTE]
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