Strange Battery Drain

[Orin Eman]

> No, no, no! If you think you have a current drain big enough to be
> flattening the battery you don't start off at the milliamp end -
> quickest way to kill a meter going. Start it off on the highest current
> range available - probably 10A and work downwards. If you don't have a
> problem then, as Jim says, the current draw should be in the milliamp
> range. Don't even think about cranking the engine with a meter set to
> current in the circuit - you are likely to melt it.

Usually it's a fuse in the meter that melts...

Orin.