Basic (stupid?)Electrical Question

[Richard J Lebens]

IMPORTANT

You want to put the ammeter in series with the battery i.e. disconnetct
the neg post and put the meter between the post and the cable.  Don't
hook the meter from * to -!!!!    The voltage across the battery
shouldn't drop when you pull the fuzes.   Following the above what is
the current,   >100 m Amps?

--- Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:
> Forhan, Thomas writes:
> > I'm trying to locate an electrical "leak": new battery goes dead
> after a
> > week or so of sitting.
> >
> > With ignition off and all interior light switches in the off
> position, I
> > disconnected the battery at the ground and found -after charging-
> 13 volts
> > between the ground terminal of the battery and the ground strap. So
> I figure
> > there must be a completed circuit someplace.  I then removed and
> replaced
> > all the fuses, one by one, expecting that when I pulled the one on
> the
> > guilty circuit, the multimeter would drop to zero. It never did
> -including
> > the one fuse on the knee bolster aux relay board. It just continued
> to read
> > 13 volts.
> >
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> You want to be measuring current, not voltage.
>
> Assuming you have a multimeter that could measure current, be sure to
> set
> it to a high enough range first so you don't damage the meter.  Then
> gradually
> change range down to get a good reading.
>
> -Ti
> 2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
> 2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
> 1984 5000S turbo
> 1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
> --
>     ///  Ti Kan                Vorsprung durch Technik
>    ///   AMB Laboratories, Sunnyvale, CA. USA
>   ///    ti at amb.org
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> ///
>


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