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Re: 1999 9-3 battery drain (problem found)
Posted by mechman [Email] (more from mechman) on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:58:05
In Reply to: 1999 9-3 battery drain, mechman, Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:18:25
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After some further testing, I found that the AC relay was fried. The contacts inside were stuck together, causing the AC clutch to always draw power, even with the car off. For anyone searching in the future for battery drain problems, the 'correct' amount of drain after 20 mins with the car sitting (time for DICE/TWICE to power down) should be less than 16 milliamps. I was seeing about 0.5A just after turning off the key, dropped to about .25A after about 18 mins, 0.1A after 19.5 mins, and down to about 10 milliamps after 20 mins. Now to get my radio working again...
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