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hmeleg · Feb 21st, 2018, 13:29

Got the above car and know how to test for above etc, pull fuses etc. So don't need any advice on fault finding / isolating cause but thanks for thinking of this. Can see that with boot/bonnet closed and car unlocked there is a constant drain of around 450mA regardless of length of time.

With car locked it starts out at about 3500mA then drops to around 180~200mA after about 2~3 minutes. Now this equates to roughly 4.5~5A per day which will flatten the 80AH battery after a few days. Would have thought this should be <100mA but lots of electrics on these models.

My one question is does anybody out there know for certain what the locked car current drain SHOULD be ?. Has anybody ever seen anything official (Volvo published, tech docs etc.) that specifies what this figure should be for this particular model (first of the series 2 facelift - hard roof, not soft). This this may be one for you Volvo trained techies out there.

Thanks in advance.

Feb 21st, 2018, 13:29	#1
hmeleg New Member Last Online: Jul 9th, 2019 09:12 Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Thame	C70 D5 2006 - What should be 'normal' current drain ? Got the above car and know how to test for above etc, pull fuses etc. So don't need any advice on fault finding / isolating cause but thanks for thinking of this. Can see that with boot/bonnet closed and car unlocked there is a constant drain of around 450mA regardless of length of time. With car locked it starts out at about 3500mA then drops to around 180~200mA after about 2~3 minutes. Now this equates to roughly 4.5~5A per day which will flatten the 80AH battery after a few days. Would have thought this should be <100mA but lots of electrics on these models. My one question is does anybody out there know for certain what the locked car current drain SHOULD be ?. Has anybody ever seen anything official (Volvo published, tech docs etc.) that specifies what this figure should be for this particular model (first of the series 2 facelift - hard roof, not soft). This this may be one for you Volvo trained techies out there. Thanks in advance.