[ICOM] Current consumption of IC-7000 when OFF?

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I've had the same experience as Kent and I have two 706MkIIg rigs .  No problem even if the car hasn't been used for more than a week.  The only time I've heard of a problem is if the finals fail fully or partially shorted.  Since they are directly connected to the input DC line they will draw more current in failure mode.  If you are "lucky" the fuse(s) will blow.  If not, the battery gets drained quicker than normal. You can always wire up a 30/40A relay to cut off the battery power to the rig when not in use.Ken WA2LBI LG G6 ------ Original message------From: khuffordDate: Tue, Aug 6, 2019 13:26To: ICOM Reflector;Cc: Subject:Re: [ICOM] Current consumption of IC-7000 when OFF?I've had my 706, 7000, 7100 connected directly to the battery for years. Never had a dead battery because it them.KentKQ4KKSamsung Galaxy S7 edge
-------- Original message --------From: Jerry Flanders  Date: 8/6/19  13:06  (GMT-05:00) To: icom at mailman.qth.net Subject: [ICOM] Current consumption of IC-7000 when OFF? I am worried about killing my truck battery if I connect 7000 directly to battery and then not use the truck in a while.ICOM (and GOOGLE) only tells me how much it draws when ON but squelched idle.Anybody know? I tried to measure but my cheap meter made the 7000 clickety-click with no constant reading.Jerry W4UK----Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC: icom-owner at mailman.qth.netIcom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316 MHzIcom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/To support QSL/QTH.net: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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