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Cokevette@yaw.org
05-20-2005, 12:35 PM
We have a 1994 bonneville that is having an electrical problem.

There is no power and there is a ticking noise in the panel box located on the right passenger side.

The fuses are good.

Any suggestions, please

markwb
05-24-2005, 05:24 PM
You could start at the beginning with the battery. Check the battery main terminals, both ends for clean tight connections. Get a voltage reading across the battery, then tell us what you have.

randman1
05-24-2005, 10:04 PM
I'm with Mark on this one. Sounds like a low voltage problem. The ticking, if it is a steady pace like once every second or so, is probably a relay in a module such as the RAC module. A relay, since very little current is needed to activate it, completes a circuit that drains more current that can be provided. This reduces the voltage across the relay coil and the relay turns off. After a second or so, enough voltage will be across the coil again and the whole process repeats.

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