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Originally Posted by rbrtmchl
Two things worth mentioning.
You might want to check this again. 0.78m milliamp is a confusing reading. Either you mean 780 mA (pretty high), or you mean 0.78 mA (very low).
Also, some cars have some electronics active for a period of time after you turn off the car. You might want to check the reading again after the car has sat for 30 or 60 minutes. Make sure you don't open a door or hit the unlock button before you take the new reading.
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OK.
I just checked this again. Car has sat all night without being connected to the battery. No doors opened nor is there any under hood light. I connected the VOM between the neg cable and post and got this reading:
This is noticeably lower than what I saw yesterday upon initially installing the battery. I also didn't notice any 'sparking' when I attached the VOM. There was a noticeable spark when I connected the battery yesterday. So much so that the small amount of grease on the cable end smokes a tad bit.
I think 'systems' may have updated in the car during my fooling around with it yesterday and today they weren't drawing as much current.
It's a 2011 Honda Accord with all the options, ie NAV, security etc etc.
I'm not an electrical wiz by any stretch of the imagination so what do you think?
Sorry that first picture wasn't my best effort on the focus, this one is much better IMO. (I see picture resizing has done in the focus on this one too, sorry)
Thanks for any and all help I've received here.