I seem to have an issue. If I'm reading my multimeter correctly, I've got around .6 amps of current draw from the main/starting battery with the vehicle sitting there doing nothing. That seems like a lot!
This is related to the other thread I posted about whether there is an actual "accessory" position. If I get in the vehicle and listen to the stereo without running the engine for any length of time, I get the "Battery low. Start engine" warning. That doesn't seem right either.
So I disconnected the battery negative, then put my Fluke 29 between the negative post and the negative cable. The Fluke reads 6.xx on the 10 Amp scale. But I think that actually is autoscaling, and it's probably reading 10ths of an amp.
I left it hooked up this way for 5 minutes or so, thinking that maybe something needed to shut down after hooking up the battery again. But it stayed pretty steady at that current rate.
Any ideas? This can't be normal. Most battery manufacturers tell you to keep parasitic draw down below 40mA.
This is related to the other thread I posted about whether there is an actual "accessory" position. If I get in the vehicle and listen to the stereo without running the engine for any length of time, I get the "Battery low. Start engine" warning. That doesn't seem right either.
So I disconnected the battery negative, then put my Fluke 29 between the negative post and the negative cable. The Fluke reads 6.xx on the 10 Amp scale. But I think that actually is autoscaling, and it's probably reading 10ths of an amp.
I left it hooked up this way for 5 minutes or so, thinking that maybe something needed to shut down after hooking up the battery again. But it stayed pretty steady at that current rate.
Any ideas? This can't be normal. Most battery manufacturers tell you to keep parasitic draw down below 40mA.