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Thread: E34 current ?

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    Default E34 current consumption ?

    How much E34 should consume current with ignition, all interior lights off? Any reference value ? Either I have bad battery or some gadget is leaking..
    Last edited by pheno; 01-20-2007 at 02:33 PM.

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    12.3 volts or so

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    The E34 should only draw a few mA with everything off, if you are reading anything more than about 10mA, then start removing fuses till you can find out what.

    John
    Last edited by jrobbo; 01-20-2007 at 04:29 PM.

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    Bought a new battery and no problems in 2 days. With this new battery I was getting around 500mA measured from battery's negative hub to negative wire. But then I did not know the 16 minutes 'consumer cut-off' from the second link Shogun posted.

    Where's the voltage reading from OBC test 09 coming from ?

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    exact measures via testing with an ammeter:

    Car with all modules pulled: 20mA
    Car with all modules put back in except GM: 20mA
    After insertion of GM: 170mA
    After letting the car sit for a while in that state: 60mA

    it never dropped below 60. the draw values included removing the fuse from the radio, so 20mA just for the DME/TCU, meaning the GM draws 40mA by itself, and uses an additional 110 for LED lighting for that 10min or so period before they turn off.
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