 Battery Drain, Anyone measured the amp draw? |
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| Kerrys914 |
 Jul 31 2004, 12:06 PM
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Dear, the parts I just sold paid for that part ;)  Group: Members Posts: 1,568 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Williamsburg, VA Member No.: 16  |
I have a slow battery drain on my '74. Has anyone measured the amp draw on their teener? I am wondering if a stock FI car would/should have any amp draw?
I have a new battery and it seems to be going dead on me, 3-4 days of no use. My dam craftsman multimeter is junk.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) I set it to read amps and the dam thing keeps climing till it maxes out. I can't measure a thing with it. I am going to buy a new one tonight and try to find the drain with it. Should I expect 0.0 for a reading? One of the 4 red wires, which connects to the + , gets a nice spark when I reconnect it to the terminal. That tells me I have a nice draw on that circuit, correct? Thanks Kerry Tyring to get ready for my first big road trip...8/8/04 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) |
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| Dr Evil |
Jul 31 2004, 10:52 PM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 23,036 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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A little less complicated to do is to connect your volt meter across the battery and start pulling fuses one by one. When you see a voltage change (should climb a little) then you know what circuit is drawing power. Check to make sure that the circuit is not supposed to be drawing the voltage; i.e. radio, alarm, etc. Once you get it down to the circuit it is easy. Let us know.
HTH, Mike |
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Kerrys914 Battery Drain Jul 31 2004, 12:06 PM
bondo Do you have a car stereo or an alarm? I've had... Jul 31 2004, 12:26 PM Kerrys914 Dam....I did put it across the battery :headbang: ... Jul 31 2004, 02:05 PM bondo Doh. Fluke is the brand everyone likes.. about ... Jul 31 2004, 02:30 PM Rider914 If your charger has an amp meter on the front, cha... Jul 31 2004, 07:41 PM Rider914 Uh, never mind the old battery thing! Jul 31 2004, 07:44 PM Kerrys914 Okay guys..
I am getting 15ma draw from each of t... Aug 1 2004, 09:31 AM bondo I'm not sure if that's normal or not, but ... Aug 1 2004, 10:25 AM bperry Thats about what my draw down was.
(From what I re... Aug 1 2004, 01:54 PM Carrera916 It should be drawing no more than 3 mA with only t... Aug 1 2004, 02:17 PM
bperry Ok, so curiosity got the best of me and I decided ... Aug 1 2004, 04:19 PM |
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