Current question?

[jenic]

Anyone know how much current the car should be drawing when everything is turned off?

Totally standard, so i'm thinking a bit to run the alarm and immobiliser? How many amps?

 

[jenic]

anyone?

 

[Cro]

Not 100% dude but after opening or locking doors etc I would leave it about 20mins to make sure no alarms etc are still drawing current, which is normal! After that is should only really be worst case scenario a couple of hundred milliamps but on average around 50 or below

 

[jenic]

Thanks for the reply.

So its just over 300mA, anything worth worrying about?

 

[chriscummins7]

Maybe its conducting static from your abnormally large head?

HA!

 

[jenic]

Maybe its conducting static from your abnormally large head?

HA!

:boring:

Sorry, didn't notice you down there chris

 

[Cro]

What kind of alarm are you running mate? Any additional items, and tested after a good while having not opened doors or having interior lights on? 300mA is probably at the very very high end of being ok if it has been left for a while.

Would be common enough a couple of minutes after unlocking or locking the car

 

[jenic]

What kind of alarm are you running mate? Any additional items, and tested after a good while having not opened doors or having interior lights on? 300mA is probably at the very very high end of being ok if it has been left for a while.

Would be common enough a couple of minutes after unlocking or locking the car

I had just unlocked the car, probably 2 minutes earlier. Then did it again 2 minutes after locking (since i had to keep the alarm switch under the bonnet held down manually.

So it will drop a little after that.

I am only testing because I had to keep topping my newish battery up with the charger after 4 days of not using it, so I took it back and they said it had low gravity and they put it on an overnight charge. They leant me a battery (although it was dated 2004) while doing this which suffered the same symptoms. So I presumed it must be the car.

Now however they have given me my battery back which they tested as being all ok after charging and although the longest I have left it so far is 2 days it is starting stronger than it has for a while. So I may be worrying over nothing and might have just had bad luck twice with the batterys

 

[chriscummins7]

:boring:

Sorry, didn't notice you down there chris

Touché.

Why you asking about the current?

 

[jenic]

Touché.

Why you asking about the current?

Read the post above lol

 

[Cro]

Test it again after a good 20min wait. Stick a brick or something on the bonnet pin to keep it down and see what its like, then you'll know for sure