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Re: Current drain?

To: Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>, spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Current drain?
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:33:38 -0700 (PDT)
A clamp-on ammeter maybe ("clamps" around a
wire/cable)?

--- Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
wrote:
> Anyone have any recommended tests to see if some
> current is being drawn off
> the battery while the car is turned off? My battery
> drains overnight and
> I'm wondering if something is trickling some juice
> off it. Several items
> are not switched by the ignition switch so I want to
> make sure before I buy
> a new battery.
> 
> I know I could leave the battery disconnected to see
> what happens, but that
> won't help me trace the source if there is a
> problem.
> 
> I have an ohm meter, capacitance meter and a circuit
> tester.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gerard
> 
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