AMPs consumption when ignition OFF

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Old 03-19-2015, 05:20 PM
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I want to ask how many mA of current does electrical system burn when the ignition is off.

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Old 03-19-2015, 07:04 PM
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I just made a measuring and if I stop the engine and turn the ignition off and measure using ampermeter the current it will show about 20 mA. If I consider that the battery has 7 Amper hours. Therefore by this consumtion it means that battery will be drained out by 7/0,020 hours which is 14,5 days. Something is wrong. Does the draining current decrease after some period of time?
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Old 03-19-2015, 10:20 PM
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Where is it draining too?

Are you sure your amp probe is calibrated at that draw?
 
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Old 03-19-2015, 10:46 PM
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The '09s and newer will have some draw due to the digital dash.
 
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Old 03-20-2015, 01:38 AM
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What is the accuracy of your multimeter? Do you have problems with the bike sitting?
 
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Old 03-20-2015, 06:55 AM
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Interesting. Acc. to the manual the battery can go flat in a couple of days even with ignition off. For sure the digital dash sucks some current. In August I'll go home for 2 1/2 month and I surely will disconnect the battery
 
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Old 03-20-2015, 07:00 AM
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I did not read the value from the multimeter correctly I was confused how small current it is.
That means that the 0.0002A current can drain the battery by 874 days to its 40%
That means that the battery self discharging is much bigger than the discharging by the electronic ECU
That is good information
 

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