battery draw (was: ...interesting...marketplace fraud)

[Ti Kan]

Benjamin Weste Pearre writes:
> Can someone tell me whether or not 40mA is a reasonable current draw
> for the car when it's off, lights out, doors closed, etc?  The battery
> is still running down.  I guess it should be at least 50 amp-hours,
> meaning it should be able to sit for about 7 weeks.  The Bentley
> claims that the car shouldn't draw more than around 5mA or so (can't
> remember exactly) but I needed _some_ Audi content ;)  Does this look
> terribly terribly wrong?

40mA doesn't seem terribly out of whack, especially if you have an
aftermarket alarm system and stereo.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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