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Tinstar
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Sep 15, 2017

Tell me if I'm doing this right with my multimeter (UPDATE)

I'm trying to measure the parasitic drain on my battery. I know how to do it with a multimeter but I'm not positive about the digital reading after the measurement. I've got my meter set to DC cu...
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time2roll
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Sep 15, 2017
Tinstar wrote:
I guess I need to correct my original post.

I just watched a YouTube video and it says I should have no more than 50 milliamps. That makes me have a draw 5 times higher than the max it should be. I think........
Go to your 12v fuse panel and start pulling from the stack of fuses. Note the reading after each pull.

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