DCS
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I have had my GT for just under 1 week. I checked the parasitic current drain shortly after coming home. It was about 400 Ma (.4 amps). However, The car had been shut off for only a few minutes and I had removed my key fob from the vicinity so as to not trigger any accessories.
Today after fully charging the battery with my 5 amp NOCO charger/maintainer, I checked the drain again. I came up with ~300 Ma (.3 amps). I decided to leave the car alone (with the hood up) for about an hour. I checked the drain again and came up with ~100 Ma (.1 amp) This doesn't seem to be very much of a drain to cause an issue. However, there may be times when the drain increases when the "computer" needs to do something like check WiFi for system or map updates.
All current readings were taken from the negative lead of the battery. The positive lead was too fat for my inductive meter to wrap around.
Today after fully charging the battery with my 5 amp NOCO charger/maintainer, I checked the drain again. I came up with ~300 Ma (.3 amps). I decided to leave the car alone (with the hood up) for about an hour. I checked the drain again and came up with ~100 Ma (.1 amp) This doesn't seem to be very much of a drain to cause an issue. However, there may be times when the drain increases when the "computer" needs to do something like check WiFi for system or map updates.
All current readings were taken from the negative lead of the battery. The positive lead was too fat for my inductive meter to wrap around.
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