Re: dead spider battery

["Dean W. Cains" <dwc@domain.elided>]

0.2 or 0.3 amps seems excessive to me, but I could be wrong.  By 
comparison, my '74 Spider only draws ~20 mA, and that's due to the alarm 
and memory in the radio/CD player.  20mA is one tenth of 0.2A.  0.3 amps is 
about enough for a small light bulb, maybe in the glove box, trunk, 
footwell, etc.  The method of using an ammeter and pulling fuses, one at a 
time, to isolate the current draw is an ideal way to track it down.  There 
are a few circuits on the car that are un-fused, like the voltage regulator 
and starter solenoid, for example.

Regards,

Dean


At 01:59 PM 11/3/2002, you wrote:

> Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 02:46:18 -0600
> From: "joel lewis" <loosej89@domain.elided>
> Subject: re: dead spider battery
>
> you need to get an ammeter.  remove a lead from your battery and put the
> meter leads in between the now removed terminal wire and the battery post
> and see how much current draw you have.  you probably will have some.
> if i recall, i had between .2 and .3 amp draw.  then go to your fuse box
> and pull a fuse, check your ammeter.  if the draw is gone, then see
> what electrical items are on that circuit and by dissconnecting things
> try to isolate your problem.
>
> if on pulling the fuse the draw still exists, pull another fuse.  repeat
> this till you find it.
>
>   i have had to do this twice in the past year on the '82 spider.  the
> first bad item was my clock, the second was my electric mirrors switch.
>
> good luck.
>
> joel lewis
>
> houston, tx
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