Date:         Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:33:06 -0400
Reply-To:     Joe Federici <joefederici@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Joe Federici <joefederici@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Something is draining my battery...
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Todd-

Get out the volt meeter, unhook the ground from the battery, Then
connect the meeter between the ground and the battery. Now get a
helper to pull each of you fuses one my one.   One or more of them
will reduce the amount shown on the meeter. Once you figure out the
fuse that's creating the draw you can trace the wires. It you pull
all the fuses and your still detecting a draw on the meeter it may be
an added accessories that's fused in line. You want to get the number
down to a fraction of a volt. You will always have a little amount of
draw on the battery, from things like the clock.

JFF
On Jun 13, 2007, at 3:14 PM, Todd Last wrote:

I'm trying to track what is draining my battery.. My stereo does take
some current to keep its memory alive, can anyone tell me what a
reasonable limit to any current drain would be for a radio?

If I don't drive it, the van battery will die within a weekend.

thanks,

Todd
'88 Westy