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Battery drain and LED interior/boot lights

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Re: Battery drain and LED interior/boot lights

Post by omodos » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:16 pm

[quote="nigelwall"]
I would put a current meter on the red lead, jump point under the bonnet try start the car and get some to see what the current draw is on the meter, should be180 to 300 amps mine was inexcess of 600 amps.............new starter.
Hope this helps
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Nigel where did you get this 180-300amp figure from? mines drawing over 400amp on start but am getting conflicting info on what the 'correct' draw ca be for the 3.0d

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