Re: battery drain/gauges

[jtrealty@xxxx]

You are absolutly correct, you cannot attain zero drain in the 
Delorean without a Master switch. What you want to achieve is 10-20 
MA. With all of the diodes and the clock this is about what you can 
get which if you have a good battery should start the car even if it 
sits for 4-5 weeks in moderate temperatures. If you pulled all of the 
fuses and still can't find the leak (current drain) you might look at 
the diodes in the alternator, you might have a shorted diode causing 
your problem. Disconnect the alternator and see if your leak goes 
away. A couple of amps drain is certainly not normal for any car at 
rest! Installing a master switch in this case is just putting a 
band-aid over the problem.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, rbrogren@xxxx wrote:
> Fil Vigil,
> Some of the gauges on the D are a bit unusual in that they don't go 
to Zero 
> with the ignition off. This is normal and I'll let some of the 
experts 
> respond to that issue.
> I had (have?) the same problem with my car; a few days in the garage 
and the 
> battery was way down. I received several suggestions from the list, 
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