[Kurt in NJ]

A grind had a similar problem with a packard, the previous owner must have had the problem also, the car came with every type of brake bulb-- regular, halogen, led, different designs of each, none were bright, it even got a new wiring harness , I traced the power loss to rusty nuts in the ammeter---- there were no problems with driving or battery charging
The back of the ammeter was getting hot---- hold the brakes for a while , run the lights, feel around or take voltmeter and look for losses