Posted by AJ on March 11, 03 at 11:07:16:
In Reply to: Re: Standby Current posted by Traveler on March 11, 03 at 10:30:34:
Another trick is try putting a test light in-line on ONE side of the fused circuit; positive or negative side. If there is not supposed to be any draw on that circuit (ie accessories are all off), then the light should be off. If you turn the accessory on, then the light should glow (be forwarned, the light will act like a fuse, so make sure the bulb is strong enough). If the light glows on what should be an OFF circuit, then you may have a short or something.
: Current should be VERY low, well under 25 mA. Only needs to power some keep-alive circuits and receivers for remote entry, etc. Now that flash memory is used, the keep alive current is down, since flash does not require current for data retention. Other curents are leakages that are in microAmp range.
: Time to start pulling fuses one at a time to isolate the cause of the drain.