[V8] battery drain?
Ed Kellock
ed.kellock at gmail.com
Thu Jan 13 15:25:36 PST 2011
The 1990 V8q always starts very weakly. I put in a brand new group 49 that
was working great in another car and after a few weeks, the initial
crankover is very slow.
I just did a battery drain check... baseline was .13 amps. That's with the
multimeter set to 10A. Until the courtesy light function timed out, it was
showing 2.16. Then .13. I went through every fuse in the box and #4
dropped it to .09. Fuse #28 drops it to .04. Both out drops it to zero.
Fuse 4 is the radio, speaker assembly (the rear speakers have been
completely removed), trip computer, cigarette lighter, reading lights,
vanity lights, trunk light, etc. quite a few little thingies. Fuse 28 just
says instrument cluster processor.
Question #1: Is .13 too high a draw for being parked, locked, and dormant?
Thanks!
Ed
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