Bob,
I'm assuming you mean when it's "off." I think most car batteries
are at least 100 AH. It can run some 14,285 hours or 595 days or 1.6
years to drain the battery entirely (if that's possible!). Anyway, I
think you'll find that, if you measure drain on your car battery with
everything turned off is probably more than this (car radio stand-by,
alarm, remote control... hum... can't think of anything else off hand).
While I haven't done it, 20 or 30 ma would not concern me. Anyone ever
measure their battery current while the car is off?
Regards,
kurtt
Kurt Pawlikowski, AKA WB9FMC
The Pinrod Corporation
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Hi,
I havemeasured the standby current of the K3 at around 7mA.
Is this typical ? Might be aproblem for floks wo leavethe
radio connected t oa 12 car battery for extended periods?
Bob ZD8RH
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