You can buy a tester at Harbor Freight that will test if there is any current running out of your battery when everything is switched off. It is the kind that you hold around a cable and can tell you if there is current in it moving. And you can buy there a Load Tester for the best price too that would check if your battery is up to what it should be. Batteries can loose charge in the cold when they old much faster. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Wasson" <briwasson@VERIZON.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 8:48 PM Subject: Testing for power draw on battery?
> Hi all, > > I've noticed that while my van sits unused something is drawing my > battery down over the course of a few weeks, and I'd like to find what > the problem is. I do have a multimeter, but am unsure about how to go > about searching for a rogue circuit. I followed the recent thread about > checking things at the fuse box, but don't really fully understand what > I'm looking for. How does one test a circuit at the fuse panel to see > if there is a current draw even when the van is off? > > Any suggestions/help would be most appreciated! > > Brian W. > |
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