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

Use an ammeter to measure the draw, using voltage is too vague.

Alot of the newer vehicles will also show a draw up to 30 minutes waiting for the modules to power down. The battery is usually what determines how big of a draw is acceptable, with all of the e... Login to read more.