Mystery Battery Draw While Parked UPDATE
Update 13 Jan-- ----------- Never know--somebody on here might have an idea what to look for, thanks for any help. 2003 Chev 2500HD LT (so has lots of electrical stuff that works with ignition...
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I can't see any wires to the hood latch like in the above link. Can't see any push-in switches.
How does the jumper work to preserve the connection when you go to do the meter in series? If you leave the jumper there, don't some of the amps go down that wire instead all of them through the meter?
Edit: once the meter is on, you can remove the jumper?
Meanwhile, today the voltage is down to 12.35 after four days parked, dropping almost 0.1 a day. So I can leave it parked off-grid for a long weekend and a bit and it will still start.
That leaves the battery less than full for long periods and it will sulfate. If I bring it up each time it gets low at home, that would be deep-cycling the starting battery, and letting it sulfate, so the way things are I need to plug in the maintainer when the truck is not being used. I can live with that if need be.
Plan is to recharge the battery today and keep it charged. AFAIK its state of charge does not affect the mystery draw to be tested for again tomorrow.
How does the jumper work to preserve the connection when you go to do the meter in series? If you leave the jumper there, don't some of the amps go down that wire instead all of them through the meter?
Edit: once the meter is on, you can remove the jumper?
Meanwhile, today the voltage is down to 12.35 after four days parked, dropping almost 0.1 a day. So I can leave it parked off-grid for a long weekend and a bit and it will still start.
That leaves the battery less than full for long periods and it will sulfate. If I bring it up each time it gets low at home, that would be deep-cycling the starting battery, and letting it sulfate, so the way things are I need to plug in the maintainer when the truck is not being used. I can live with that if need be.
Plan is to recharge the battery today and keep it charged. AFAIK its state of charge does not affect the mystery draw to be tested for again tomorrow.
