How much is drawn with a stock unit? I imagine it is a very small amount, if any. JB jtrealtywebspannet wrote: > I would have the battery load tested. It is true 30 ma. is a > significant drain but if your battery is old it doesn't have the full > capacity of a new one. If it is more than 4 years old it is probably > at about 1/2 capacity. Sears will load test for free and since you > have a Sears there might be some trade-in. Another problem with a lot > of Deloreans is that they just aren't used a whole lot so the battery > never really gets fully charged up. Being in a constant state of > discharge causes the battery to go bad faster. Especially storing for > the winter and letting it go dead. Lead-acid batteries don't live long > with these kind of cycles. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > > --- In dmcnews@xxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> wrote: > > Hank, your battery might be duff > > > > the batt I have in mine is a 55Ah. with a drain of 30mA, it will be > completely flat in 76 > > days.... - that's more than two months! > > > > I have an alarm/remote locking/remote starter on my car and it stays > armed for weeks and > > the car still starts fine > > > > Best Wishes > > > > Martin > > #1458 & #4426 > > > > Hank Eskin wrote: > > > > > With the prodding of Rick G, I've been able to locate the current > drain in > > > my car (Don't worry, I'm still going to install the battery > isolator). It > > > turns out to be Lockzilla pulling about 30Ma with the "remote" > unit plugged > > > in, and 20ma without. The total current draw from the battery > when the car > > > is off was 30Ma until I totally disconnected Lockzilla - then I > get a zero > > > Ma reading on my meter. > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxx > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/