Hi, A 25mA drain is nothing to worry about, a radio with LCD and presets will suck down more, seems like 70-90mA for mine. Check the alternator, find the fine blue wire with spade lug connector and give it a good tug. Mine have rusted/cracked through on 2 vans, 1 Audi, all 10 years old or more. This is the excitation feed, and it needs to pass 7-8 volts to energize the alternator. If you cut back to new copper and find it has blackened, scrape it clean and solder a new terminal on. If the solder won't take, cut the wire back a few inches and splice in a fresh length. Crimped connectors don't work as well, and won't work at all well on half crudded copper. Heat shrink tubing adds some weather proofing, but also stiffens up the connection and prevents flexing at the lug. HTH, Tim |
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