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Good sleuthing. (y) Googling "mtm powered by svr" is interesting.

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Under dash driver's side I pulled five fuses to start with: 6,7,8 16 and 17. The current draw went down to ~30mA and stayed there! I...

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Doors remain closed. The multimeter is at passenger rear seat folded down and I have the window open for easy viewing of the meter. The...

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Here's the same test setup on my daily... 17 to 22mA much better. https://youtube.com/shorts/8VOC_2dhLlY I guess my next step will be...

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I don't see why it would affect anything. Charge leads are on the battery terminals themselves the positive side is connected to the...

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This battery is not discharging at all for these tests. I have a battery charger connected. The battery capacity test showed about...

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Watch the youtube video link I posted. That's exactly what I have done I'm using a fluke multimeter set on the 10A setting.

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The aux battery? About nine months.

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The car had been off for more than ten minutes before I recorded that video. I'll load test the battery today although I don't think...

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Parasitic aux battery drain

I've read somewhere on here that ~57mA is acceptable battery draw when the car is off. This car seems to drain its battery if not driven...

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