1997 Jeep Cherokee Clicking Noise Draining Battery

Battery drain test-see below:

When you tested this, did you wait for at least 15 minutes before disconnecting the battery? Did you make sure the key was off, and all accessories were off? Finally, did you disconnect the underhood service light?

Here is a list of checks that you can go through. Let me know if it helps.

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Get an analog voltmeter remove the negative battery cable, attach the Black lead to the battery post, Red lead to cable end, then pull fuses one at a time, make sure there are no accessories or lights in the on position, Key off! Close the door after each fuse and check meter, when you pull the fuse for the bad curcuit, the meter will drop to 1 volt or so. Check all fuses, even under the hood. If meter does not drop, remove the battery connection from the alternator, if it drops now, the diodes are bad in the alternator. Put the fuse back in were it goes as you go so you don't forget which fuse goes were!

Get the alternator load tested if okay could be a short circuit draining the battery. Do below

What I need you to do is check to see if there is a constant draw on the battery. Here is the how to for checking.

Let me know what you find.

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Sounds like you have a draw on the battery. Finding these can be a very difficult and trying thing. You may wan to find a shop that specializes in electrical repair to see what they charge for finding a draw. This can be difficult for an experienced tech much less a DIY

To me what is sounds like is that. The connections could be bad from the altinator to the battery or 2. The altinator is charging but grounding the voltage out like the battery is fully charged. The engine does not take much to keep it running, but if you use heater fan or anything the voltage can drop quick.

Sounds like your problem is 2 fold. 2- the power windows. The wiring diagram shows a lock out switch on the driver's control panel. If this switch fails you will lose power, or have intermitent power to the other 3 door controls. You can check this switch with a test light as with the rest of the up/dn switches. The passenger side window may be the switch or the motor. The battery drain: The only thing that should be drawing voltage from the battery with key off is the various memory circuits which only draw 5-6 volts and should run for weeks on a fully charged battery. The following is the best way I know of to find your drain. Using an "incandesent" test light, not a neon or led, disconnect it between the battery positive post and the battery cable. If you have a major drain, the light will be bright. If the load is just the memories, it will be a light glow. I would expect it to be bright. Then, start pulling fuses one at a time, keeping them in order, until the test light goes either dim or out. The fuse that either kills or dims the light is the one that is draining your battery. You will have to find out what is on this circuit and repair or eliminate it to stop the drain. Then, as you replace the fuses one at a time, keep an eye on the light. You may have more than one drain. Hope this helps. Jim. One last thing. When you find the draining circuit I can supply you with a diagram of that circuit if you tell me what the fuse # is and which block it came from. Thanks for the donation. It is shared between all of the moderators.

Yes, I meant "connect" between the positive cable and the battery. Sorry about that, my fingers got ahead of my brain. Must be old age.

Issues with battery drain. Have resolve the battery and the alternator to start. Will still be dead in 24 hours of not driving it. Stays charged if you disconnect the black battery cable. Have checked fuses one at a time and found nothing significant to explain the massive battery drain thats happening. No interior lights in this car and no seatbelt chimes. Today I removed the light in the glove box but I doubt thats the problem. Suggestions? Love love love the car but thinking this is why it was traded in.