[urq] 0.15A constant drain on the battery
Mike Del Tergo
mdeltergo at hotmail.com
Thu Jan 29 12:20:39 PST 2009
Sounds like you answered your own question. It's not where you looked, so time to look elsewhere. I can't think of a circuit that is not fused so maybe it is on the aux panel, though IIRC, these are higher draw applications.
2W sure sounds like a lamp somewhere.
Mike
> From: "Louis-Alain Richard" <larichard at plguide.com>> Subject: [urq] 0.15A constant drain on the battery> I have a small current drain (0.15A or about 2 W) in my 1983 urQuattro. This> is the early style fusebox setup (ceramic fuse, same fusebox as a VW> Rabbit/Cabriolet). I've remove all the fuse one by one, no change. Fuse #7> (electrical dash clock, antenna, radio, hazard, lighter, trunk light) was my> main culprit but it is not. There is still some fuses hidden in the top of> the dash that I can't reach without dismantling but I doubt they are in> cause (I will test them tonight.
> When the battery is isolated via a Sparco cut-off switch, no visible drain> (even if there's still a small wire that goes from the 12+ to the radio for> the memory).>so where to look ? ***********************************
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