Re: Car current draw

From: "peter" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:33:18 GMT

"ransley" <Mark_Ransley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What should the current draw be with a car parked, for the night, not
running, Volvo v40 with factory alarm but never activated. How do you
check this. In the morning my battery is low. Can I use a 120v digital
clamp on amp meter.

My guess is lower than 100mA. If it is higher than 500mA, it is definitely
suspicious.

Clamp meter is for high AC current. You are trying to measure low DC
current.

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