vegasguy
Junior Member
- Joined
- Jul 31, 2015
- Posts
- 5
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- 2
- Location
- LAS VEGAS, NV
- Ram Year
- 2004 3500
- Engine
- diesel 5.9L
More electrical fun... December 2019 (about a month ago) everything was fine... let my truck sit for about 3 weeks and then went to start it .. batteries were drained ... I charged batteries... reinstalled... when hooking up cables noticed sizzle and small amount of smoke when touching "pos+" clamp to batt terminal ... (much more spark than door open or cabin lights) nothing was obvious as far as power drain .... checked all fuses ... nothing fried ... I've been reading other posts, could this be a grid heater issue, do they go bad and short?? .. this week I am going to try to clean all grounds and check underneath ... I don't really want to hook up the batteries with that much sizzle happening until I can find the short or drain ...I did have an oil filter fail and spray surrounding area but that was about 3 years ago and never thought about it again... is the alternator on the oil filter side?, I haven't been under there in awhile ... any other thoughts?? ... THANKS for any helpful advice ... I've had electrical gremlins with the lights and wipers in the past ... still love my truck just need to get it back on the road ... THANKS