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Residual current drain

J

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Hi
I've just experienced 2 flat battery events and tracked down the problem to something up with the radio/audio system. I've unplugged the culprit behind the dash and the drain has dropped from about 600mA to about 40mA.
So there's clearly a problem with the radio.
Meantime I'm wondering what the current drain should be with the car locked, alarmed and everything off.
I'm seeing about 40mA with some sort of random fluctuations of around 5mA.
I tried pulling each fuse individually and none of them stopped the current flow.
There was a reduction when I pulled the fuse for the diagnostics (12?) but only of about 5mA or 10mA.
Can anyone let me know what the typical drain should be in these circumstances?
Thanks
Regards
Jim
 
Sorry - looks like the website has unlinked my membership details from my profile.
It's Jim Cook and the car's a 1998 993 C4S with HiFi option.
Rgds
Jim
 
I'm not sure what it should be but from memory mine was 60ma but spiking to 120ma every 10 seconds or so last time I checked it. I have at least one tracker fitted - which may account for the extra drain. There was a post on here a while back on this subject but I can't find it right now.
 
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