Current Leak - Help!

[oofoofoo]

Ladies and gents

I have a current leak of about 370mA out of my battery and despite pullling any fuse I could find and checking the resultant current draw, I cannot seem to locate the responsible device.

I have also pulled any electrical plug I could find to try and isolate including those to the alternator.

Has anyone advice or had a similar problem? I don't think it is the alarm, as it is only supposed to draw ~10mA, unless its the alarm battery that is trying to recharge itself off the main?

Any ideas welcomed.

Cheers

Matt

[Bennett]

Where did you measure this 380mA from?

[oofoofoo]

Where did you measure this 380mA from?

In series between positive lead and positive terminal on battery.

[Bennett]

Positive lead where? If theres nothing between the lead and the battery then its impossible for it to lose that much right? Unless your measuring after the fuse box and something has been taped into there to source power.. Also is there anything else bolted on directly to your battery apart from the stock positive thick as hell wire and loom etc?

Edited January 8, 2009 by Bennett

[oofoofoo]

Positive lead where? If theres nothing between the lead and the battery then its impossible for it to lose that much right? Unless your measuring after the fuse box and something has been taped into there to source power.. Also is there anything else bolted on directly to your battery apart from the stock positive thick as hell wire and loom etc?

I am measuring right at the battery (in the boot for the R33 GTST). The ammeter in series completes the circuit that is opened when I removed the positive lead from the terminal. When connecting the ameyer, it closes the circuit and hence measures the current flow to whatever device it is that is drawing power even when the car is off.

Yeah my amp is directly wired into the battery, but I have eliminated that as the problem already.

Cheers

[Bennett]

Sorry dont know what i was thiking. Yeah that makes sense now. So when the car is off its still draining that much current? Probably headunit and clock and shit storing settings.

[Bennett]

Its not the amp because that waits for a signal from the headunit to turn on

[oofoofoo]

Its not the amp because that waits for a signal from the headunit to turn on

Yeah dunno. 370mA at 12V equates to 5W or so, which would suggest something substantial but nothing seen. I'm going to get my alarm looked at as it is the only thing I could think that may not be fused (or at least fused where I can get to it).

Thanks for the thoughts anyway.