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| jeffdon |
 Sep 15 2010, 01:13 PM
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Battery was dead yesterday. Threw a charger on it over night. Putting an ammeter between the pos cable and pos terminal, i show a current drain of 69mA. I have nothing fancy in the car like a stereo or alarm that would draw current with the key off.
Does this amount of current draw sound normal? |
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| tradisrad |
Sep 15 2010, 02:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 985 Joined: 11-September 06 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 6,815 Region Association: Northern California |
I recently had an optima battery go bad. Less than a year old and it stopped holding a charge.
I had a current drain on my '70. IT turned out to be a wire in the steering column that was making contact with the chassis. the wire is a jumper from the ignition switch to the turn signals. I've got several spare columns and both of these had a similar failure. |
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jeffdon Current drain Sep 15 2010, 01:13 PM
underthetire 69 mA is nothing. I think natural discharge rate ... Sep 15 2010, 01:21 PM
jeffdon
69 mA is nothing. I think natural discharge rate... Sep 15 2010, 01:37 PM underthetire You didn't happen to leave the turn signal lev... Sep 15 2010, 01:56 PM jeffdon
You didn't happen to leave the turn signal le... Sep 15 2010, 02:00 PM Tom_T It's also a function of whether you charge it ... Sep 15 2010, 02:38 PM orange914
Try a trickle charger/maintainer if it's not... Sep 15 2010, 04:37 PM warrenoliver With your meter connected, remove then replace you... Sep 15 2010, 03:10 PM jt914-6 Have always had good luck using the Battery Tender... Sep 15 2010, 05:02 PM |
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