From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Wed Apr 02 2003 - 14:04:58 PST
If this is gonna drive you nuts trying to find those lost
milliamps...why not purchase one of those solar chargers that plugs into
the cigarette lighter and lays on the dash and hope it out performs the
loss...just a thought. Fred Martin, Greenfield, Ohio
J. Forster wrote:
> Patrick Jankowiak wrote:
>
>
>>Capacitor? Is there one in the deuce?
>>
>>Jim Newton wrote:
>
>
> There could well be capacitors to ground in RFI (Radio Frequency Interference)
> suppressers in various places. There is some capacitance between the wiring and
> the chassis, for sure, but it's pretty small. There could also be capacitors
> across the power line in a radio that could be in circuit even if the radio is
> turned off.
>
> Check the current draw with a milliammeter with everything turned off, as has
> been previously suggested, to determine the stead state drain.
>
> -John
>
>
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