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With the battery connected, the battery light is always on, regardless if key is in the ignition or not. What could be causing the car to draw power continuously?
So yes, the battery light is on whether or not the key is in the ignition. It is the only light on when key is not In the ignition. Without the key in the ignition, nothing else works (as you'd expect). The battery eventually drains.
I'd suspect a failed voltage regulator in the alternator as the cause rather than a fault in the cluster. An easy check is to disconnect the exciter wire from the alternator. If the light goes out, the problem is in the alternator and new regulator/brush unit may fix it.
The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL
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