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Old Feb 12, 2014 | 10:31 PM
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Default Battery Drain Issue

To start off, I have followed the troubleshooting advice in on this forum and have the following results. I have about a 60mA draw on the battery in sleep mode and no draw from the alternator. The voltage of the running alternator is 14.56 and at the battery is 14.46vdc. My battery drains from 12.57 vdc to about 11.95 vdc in about a 4 to 5 days. I tried pulling a number of interior fuse box fuses and saw no difference in current draw. The battery installed in the car has the right amount of RC (120), as I have learned this as well from the forum. I am extremely frustrated at this point and would greatly appreciate any input to solving my problem. Thanks in advance.
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Old Feb 13, 2014 | 12:40 AM
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To start off, I have followed the troubleshooting advice in on this forum and have the following results. I have about a 60mA draw on the battery in sleep mode and no draw from the alternator.
Yeah, that's too much. As posted above it should be ~20 mA. Good tips above, start with that. If it's on a fused circuit you should be able to find it sooner or later.
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