Battery drain
jmagerl
07-08-2007, 06:04 PM
96 s10 4X4
If I park the car for more than 2 days, the battery goes dead. All I can see is about a 200 mA draw with 150 mA of that coming from the radio circuit (radio off).
1) It doesnt strike me that 200mA will discharge a battery in 2 days. Will it?
2) Reading the service manual, implies that the radio circuit should draw 10 mA. Does it?
3) are there any other intermittant current draws I should be watching out for?
I thought I found it with the headlight switch filled up with blue corrosion but the battery was deader than a door nail again today after 2 days.
I should add that both the battery and alternator are brand new. As a whim I also took them both over to Autozone and had them tested. No issues
If I park the car for more than 2 days, the battery goes dead. All I can see is about a 200 mA draw with 150 mA of that coming from the radio circuit (radio off).
1) It doesnt strike me that 200mA will discharge a battery in 2 days. Will it?
2) Reading the service manual, implies that the radio circuit should draw 10 mA. Does it?
3) are there any other intermittant current draws I should be watching out for?
I thought I found it with the headlight switch filled up with blue corrosion but the battery was deader than a door nail again today after 2 days.
I should add that both the battery and alternator are brand new. As a whim I also took them both over to Autozone and had them tested. No issues
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