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Re: how to test for a current drain/parisitic drain dispute?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 11/3/2003

I think a digital multi-meter [DMM] set up to measure amps, in series with one of the battery cables, is the way to go. While each specific vehicle model/options will have a 'correct' parasitic current flow, generally speaking I think 50 milliamps or less [0.0... Login to read more.