Alright, I've done a lot of reading, and it seems that parasitic drain does not have a vehicle spec, meaning it varies from vehicle manufacturer to manufacturer. also, parasitic drain's upper limit is influenced by the reserve capacity of the vehicle's battery. The only other question I have...
great feedback all, I haven't had a chance to thoroughly investigate "state of charge" and "reserve capacity", but a cursory search on the internet looks very promising.
LionelHutz, so is there an industry standard that says the vehicle should be able to sit X amount of days without being turned on? What I'm looking for is the industry standard if there is.
IRstuff, I stumbled across that already, and was an interesting read. But it doesn't really point me...
I've been told there is a Parasitic Draw/Drain specification vehicle manufacturers use. All vehicles draw some power from the batteries when the car is shut off, Parasitic draw/drain is used to describe this. I've scoured the SAE handbook(maybe I overlooked it) and have been told to look at an...
