Re: testing battery drain

[SailingFC@aol.com]

To check for power drain on your electrical system using a multimeter, you 
must use the AMP setting on the meter.  With all systems off in the car, 
disconnect the positive or negative cable from the battery (negative is 
preferred for safety sake).  With the meter, you want to measure across the 
battery terminal and the cable you just took off.  If you get a negative 
reading, just swap the leads around from the meter.  If you get any reading 
you have some sort of drain.  BTW, you will always have some sort of drain 
due to radio memory, clock or engine ignition brains.  Now to find out which 
circuit in your car has the particular draining device, reconnect the battery 
cable, go to the fuse panel and remove a fuse one at a time.  Measure across 
the contacts in the fuse panel of each fuse (if you get a negative reading, 
swap the leads).   If you get any reading, that's the circuit that is 
draining.  Do this for each fuse to find if you have any other power 
consuming devices.  BTW, you may erase radio setting while doing this 
exercise.
Good Luck.

-Dick-
78 Scirocco
Original Owner
http://member.aol.com/sailingfc/


In a message dated 6/3/00 5:49:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Goethfaust@aol.com writes:

<<  When I checked it with my volt meter I was 
 getting a little over 12v.  That didn't seem right. >>


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