At 11:37 PM 4/18/2011, HotelWestfalia wrote: >I can't find it. '82 Westy, new battery again, but the battery is >going down in a week. I put a light bulb in between the taken off >negative battery clamp and the negative side of the battery to see >if there is any drainage, but it did not light up. Yet the battery >is draining slowly. It's a mistery. Use a milliammeter instead, then start pulling fuses and disconnecting things. On an '82 all I can think of off hand that should be drawing juice with everything turned off is the clock (a few milliamps) and the *stock* fridge fan which draws ~60 ma when it's running. If the owner has installed 12v computer fans, even very small ones, they draw noticeably more juice, probably minimum 120-180 ma each. If there's a new radio with a panel that lights up even with power off - that probably draws 300 ma and will eat the battery. 300 ma x 168 hours in a week is 50 amp-hours per week... Yrs, d |
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