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Old Aug 11, 2023 | 09:11 PM
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red_2005_convertible
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Default Re: Battery draw

Hi Magnuman,
I just did the same thing - trying to reduce the battery draw. After I removed the siren and fixed a short in my aftermarket alarm system, the quiescent draw (i.e., after the computers have gone to sleep) was down to ~30mA (0.030 amps) from around 0.25 amps. Less than 50mA is considered good. At a drain rate of 30mA your battery voltage will drop to around 10V in about 25 days which is probably too low to start the car (the calculation was done assuming a 48 amp hour battery capacity and 12V initial charge). So, if you plan on leaving the car parked for more than a month, either disconnect the battery or get a trickle charger. I use the cheap 1W solar charger from Harbor Freight.
Hope that helps.
-Jerry
 
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