Hi,
Leisure battery measures 12.47v 24hrs after charge. In a few days it will be down to -12v
Voltage between batt. neg terminal and disconnected neg lead 12.38v
Amps between battery neg. terminal and disconnected negative lead is .13a constant. Removing fuses of various items connected to leisure batt. still results in .13a reading.
Any comments/suggestions please.
Thanks.
Don
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Re: Leisure battery drain
kentishvanman wrote:Amps between battery neg. terminal and disconnected negative lead is .13a constant. Removing fuses of various items connected to leisure batt. still results in .13a reading.
There's something else connected that you haven't found yet...
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Re: Leisure battery drain
Hi,
[quote="AdrianC"]There's something else connected that you haven't found yet...
Remembered after I posted query that I had not disconnected the lead between leisure battery and relay, the relay between main battery and leisure battery.
Disconnected and reading dropped to .07a but then after several tests was back up to .13a.
My Gunson Multimeter says limit 10a tests to 15secs and then leave meter for 15mins to cool down. Could the higher reading be the meter giving a hot reading.
Don
[quote="AdrianC"]There's something else connected that you haven't found yet...
Remembered after I posted query that I had not disconnected the lead between leisure battery and relay, the relay between main battery and leisure battery.
Disconnected and reading dropped to .07a but then after several tests was back up to .13a.
My Gunson Multimeter says limit 10a tests to 15secs and then leave meter for 15mins to cool down. Could the higher reading be the meter giving a hot reading.
Don
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Re: Leisure battery drain
No, because you say the draw is .13A which is only just over 1 tenth of 1 amp and your meter is ok up to 10 whole amps (or about 75 times the current draw you are measuring).
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