There are SO many "battery draining" posts these days, I thought it was time to publish something to help people with this.

PLEASE NOTE, as I say in the intro, this is not meant to teach you all you need to know, this is meant to give you the Crossfire-specific information you need. You will probably want to watch some "DIY" videos on Youtube to gain general knowledge and pointers.

This document probably contains typos and other errors, but if I wait till I get it perfect, the Crossfire will no longer exist!

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Thanks, Z, but I already see revisions I could make.


Maybe this weekend I will, it's gonna be horrible, weather-wise this weekend where I live.

 

Hey Mark, do you not endorse the "measure voltage drop across a fuse" method ?
That way, nothing is unplugged so you don't worry about modules repowering.

 

Never really thought that way. I guess the meter has a lower resistance path than the fuse? News to me. I never considered a fuse as a 'load' causing a voltage drop. Unless of course it has bad connections.

 

Well Erik O at South Main Auto swears by it, two meters are required however.

 

Not the way he does it. The OTHER thread features the "AmpHound" and that seems to work rather well.

But what this guy is doing is problematic for those not experienced in these techniques (the guy in the video knows what he is doing). You do not want to be watching the display of a cheap (or even not so cheap) multimeter on the mV scale with such long leads. Most DMMs today will rectify induced AC on the leads and lead you astray. The "AmpHound" has no leads and is shielded, it is designed to measure voltage drops on the mV scale and to do it accurately.

 

This thread will now, no longer, be a "sticky" as all information is in the other thread, for those who have NOT seen it, check out the other thread:

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...ery-drain.html