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Old Jan 3, 2004 | 06:25 PM
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what's normal batt. draw ?

Hey guys,
I happen to be changing out my original motorcraft batt. for a nice big Interstate and for Ha-Ha's, I checked the parasitic draw on the batt.

It was .1 amps. with all the doors closed and key out. This seems pretty high to me. Anyone got any info. on what is normal draw?
I left my meter on it for 1/2 hr. and it didn't go down. So, the truck didn't seem to "go to sleep" after awhile.

Thanks,

Pete

p.s. there wasn't anything obvious on like a door open light or the glove box light.
 

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Old Jan 3, 2004 | 06:29 PM
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0.1 A at 12 V is only 1.2 watts of power, which seems to be reasonable.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2004 | 06:51 PM
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Thanks for the reply soudman but, I'm used to seeing .030 amps. on Volvo's that have lots of on-board electronics.

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Old Jan 3, 2004 | 08:26 PM
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.1 is perfect. I measure that all the time on most vehicles.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2004 | 09:02 PM
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pcm memory and radio clock ,anti theft if you have it.

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Old Jan 3, 2004 | 09:12 PM
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Volvo is metric Amps... Ford is good old American Amps.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2004 | 10:56 PM
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You hope so anyhow...
 
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