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30 amp fuse for IP shows a constant draw and kills the battery.

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There should be text by the fuse indicating what it is feeding, maybe more than one thing. Go to what ever the fuse is feeding disconnect on that until the lite goes out. That will be you problem source bare wire or what ever.

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