Originally Posted by
Astrofriend
Hi,
Now after one year I took the wiper cover panel off and looked what's inside. And yes my old broken alarm siren is still there and it's connected too. I disconnected and remowed it. I haven't mesaured the current yet. Normally my car's standby current is about 0.27 Amp.
This is how I removed the cover panel and the siren alarm:
Chrysler Crossfire: Battery Replacement
/Lars
Service manual spec is .055 amp (55mA) or less.
There are some cautions when making that measurment. First and foremost, after connecting the meter and pulling any fuse or disconnecting anything - wait at least three minutes. Many modules will sink considerable current at first, but by the time three minutes passes, they all "go to sleep" and at that point, you get a real reading.
My Graphite ran somewhere around 19-25mA. BUt the SE is awesome - 9 mA. That's .009amp! Of course, the SE is a base model: No TPMS, no Homelink, no audio amp and I have an aftermarket JVC radio in it with the new "Low standby drain" that some modern heads offer. (JVC makes a lot of OEM radios and manufacturers insist on almost ZERO standby current.)