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

[Ken Winterling]

Jerry,

Get a good DMM (at least better than yours - LOL!), pull one of the car
battery terminals, and measure the current drain when all the doors are
closed and every device is shut off.  That will tell you how much "phantom"
power is being drawn by computers, etc.  It will also alert you to any
rogue device such as a stuck brake light switch, trunk light switch, etc.
Some cars have a manual light switch in the cargo area that can be switched
on even if the ignition is off.

GL!

Ken
WA2LBI





On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 1:53 PM Jerry Flanders <jeflanders at comcast.net>
wrote:

> This is a seldom-used vehicle. I might not use it in 10-20 days at times.
> I once had this truck battery go very low after extended non-use, maybe a
> month, and never did determine why. Radio was constantly connected then.
> Batteries will self-discharge, so maybe that did it then.
>
> Jerry W4UK
>
>
> > On August 6, 2019 at 1:24 PM khufford <khufford at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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 <
> jeflanders at comcast.net> 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
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