Rearanger
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Trying to understand my low voltage reading on my battery after sitting - 12.32v. Bad battery or parasitic drain - not sure. Always starts strong but it's North Carolina weather.
I did some research here on past threads but want to clear up some points.
Does this truck have a battery saver mode? If so how long before it goes into battery saver mode?
Initial testing with my DMM (negative battery cable) shows 200 milliamps draw - is this normal before battery saver mode? After battery saver mode kicks in what should I see for amp draw?
Plain Jane truck, roll down windows, manual trans, installed electric fan. I pulled the fan fuse - no change, also pulled my added back up lights fuse. No other added lights. Also pulled fuses under the hood. Removed the dome light.
There was a comment about leaving the doors open so I'll know when battery saver mode starts??
Thanks
I did some research here on past threads but want to clear up some points.
Does this truck have a battery saver mode? If so how long before it goes into battery saver mode?
Initial testing with my DMM (negative battery cable) shows 200 milliamps draw - is this normal before battery saver mode? After battery saver mode kicks in what should I see for amp draw?
Plain Jane truck, roll down windows, manual trans, installed electric fan. I pulled the fan fuse - no change, also pulled my added back up lights fuse. No other added lights. Also pulled fuses under the hood. Removed the dome light.
There was a comment about leaving the doors open so I'll know when battery saver mode starts??
Thanks