<VV> Electrical short in power top "cut off" switch?

[Charlie]

You've discounted the battery when shutting down for the night, right?

I believe the GM manual does not cover the power top "cut off" switch, which sounds like where your problem is.

The switch opens when top is in "full up" (or is it "full down"?) position, and stops the motion of the top.

Could it be that this switch is not opening properly, draining the battery?

I recall having to practically reverse engineer the switch's operation, since it's not in the manual, at least not clearly enough to actually use it to trace the circuit, much less how it's supposed to work :<{!

However, I think that switch is the problem ...
Charlie


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Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:17 PM
To: Bruce Alexander
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Subject: Re: <VV> elec. short

Bruce, get out the wiring diagram for that circuit and trace how power flows. Find each switch or relay and inspect it. There is a switch or relay that is sticking or is adjusted incorrectly in that circuit. Maybe a power top guy will speak up and narrow your search. 
Mark Durham. 
62 Coupé. 

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Bruce Alexander via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

>I recently acquired a very nice 65 Monza Convertible. Rubs and looks 
>good.BUT. When put away for the night, it will not start in the morning 
>due to a dead battery. ( sometimes!) After isolating and checking all 
>the circuits in the fuse box I found nothing wrong. Still had a voltage 
>draw running down the battery By chance, I found that when I shut down 
>for the day, with the top left down, the battery would drain. When I 
>quit with the top left up, I still had good battery in the morning. ( 
>Power Top) Does anyone have a clue what might be causing to run the 
>battery down when the top is left down overnight but not when it is 
>left up?. ...,Bruce Alexander 
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