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Searching for a voltage drain, need help interpreting results...
Hello,
I just got a Craftsman 82139 Autoranging Multimeter specifically for testing for a suspected voltage drain and to make sure the duty cycle was in the desired range. My battery seems to get quite weak if the car is left untouched for any period longer than 5 days and appears to be almost flat if left for about 10 days. I tested fuse terminals A and 1 in the fuse box near the drivers door and got a reading of: Terminal A: 0 A Terminal 1: 0 A Just to be sure I switched the meter to mA and tested both again: Terminal A: 0 mA Terminal 1: 0 mA So far so good, so then I skipped to the two terminals I suspected the most. Terminal C and Terminal 9. Terminal C: rear roof light, trunk light, rear door locking system, safety belt handover arm, seat back arrester, central locking system, door lights, reading lamps, aut. antenna, control seat adjustment. Terminal 9: clock, radio, some other things (forgot to write it down) I am pretty much new to this kind of test procedure, its my first multimeter. My results are confusing to me, could anybody clarify? I tested both Amps and milliAmps. Terminal C: 1.24 A Terminal C: 1.21 mA Terminal 9: 2.57 A Terminal 9: 2.62 mA I have no idea why it is giving me these readings, if in fact the car is drawing 1.24AMPS at Terminal C, wouldn't the muiltimeter tell me the reading is out of range when I try to read the terminal using the MILLIAMP setting? Or is the dot on the LCD in the mA mode supposed to be a comma? This probably has a very simple answer, I am an idiot when it comes to multimeters:... ![]() This is for the 300E.
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