Technical Interior light not working, draining Battery

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Technical Interior light not working, draining Battery

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Battery drain?.
Suffering from battery drain, currently at 11.5v, I pulled the fuses 1 by 1 and put the multimeter probes in the fuse sockets, all read 0 other than fuse 1(doors?) and fuse 15(interior light), I haven't a clue about fuse1 but the interior light doesn't work, the boot light has been removed and the 2 wires have insulation tape over the ends. I disconnected the plug for the ceiling light and the m/meter still read 10.32v through the fuse socket, I changed the bulb refitted it and still read the same, if I put the light to on it doesn't work but the volts go up to 11.35, door open pulls the same voltage, off position back to 10.32, all the while it doesn't illuminate, headscratch!!
 
You need your meter set to amps and between the earth lead and the earth post with the lead disconnected.

The interior light will always show about 12v, its earth switched through the door switch. I guess your door switch is fubared.

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