I did try searching but may have not used the right terms so no yelling at me please.
Here's the problem I'm having. Bought a 93 XJ Sport about two weeks ago. Drives great, looks great, etc. Only issue when I bought it was the radio was hard wired to the always on fuse in the fuse block. Previous owner (person I bought it from) said he had no idea why the owner before him did it but he left it and ran new speaker wire.
I wanted keyless entry so I decided last night to dig in to everything and go from there. Upon taking the steering wheel off I decided to remove the radio and dash bezel. The stereo was hard wired with speaker wire. Long story short...very frustrating.
Fast forward to this morning. I changed the ignition switch thinking maybe that's why he had no radio when the ignition was turned on. No dice.
So I hooked a volt meter up and this is the question/maybe problem. Hooked avoltmeter to the incoming power of fuse 2 (radio) and when I turn the ignition to on/run or ACC I get the 12 volts but when I turn the key off the voltage doesn't drop to zero instantly, it slowly drops little by little. Now, if I flick the blinkers on or off or the wipers it immediately goes to zero. Removed the windshield washer CB (20) and the power went to zero from that switch. I didn't check to see if I still had power to that #2 fuse in Ign/ACC with the CB removed but I will when I get home.
Any thoughts or suggestions? I know it's a long post and I apologize, just trying to be detailed.
Cliff Notes: When turning key to IGN/ON/ACC radio fuse gets 12 volts of power but when turned to OFF the voltage slowly drops (over ten minutes).
Here's the problem I'm having. Bought a 93 XJ Sport about two weeks ago. Drives great, looks great, etc. Only issue when I bought it was the radio was hard wired to the always on fuse in the fuse block. Previous owner (person I bought it from) said he had no idea why the owner before him did it but he left it and ran new speaker wire.
I wanted keyless entry so I decided last night to dig in to everything and go from there. Upon taking the steering wheel off I decided to remove the radio and dash bezel. The stereo was hard wired with speaker wire. Long story short...very frustrating.
Fast forward to this morning. I changed the ignition switch thinking maybe that's why he had no radio when the ignition was turned on. No dice.
So I hooked a volt meter up and this is the question/maybe problem. Hooked avoltmeter to the incoming power of fuse 2 (radio) and when I turn the ignition to on/run or ACC I get the 12 volts but when I turn the key off the voltage doesn't drop to zero instantly, it slowly drops little by little. Now, if I flick the blinkers on or off or the wipers it immediately goes to zero. Removed the windshield washer CB (20) and the power went to zero from that switch. I didn't check to see if I still had power to that #2 fuse in Ign/ACC with the CB removed but I will when I get home.
Any thoughts or suggestions? I know it's a long post and I apologize, just trying to be detailed.
Cliff Notes: When turning key to IGN/ON/ACC radio fuse gets 12 volts of power but when turned to OFF the voltage slowly drops (over ten minutes).