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Re: 84 BMW normal draw
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 9/29/2007

On those cars I have measured a normal parasitic draw of about 25 ma [0.025 amp] with a stock radio and no alarm system.

I too am surprised that 60 ma will deplete the battery overnite. 60 ma for 12 hours is less than 1 amp-hour, which should only be a coupl... Login to read more.