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

[Bruce]

If the truck has a cigarette lighter jack and is not turned off when the
ignition switch is in off position I use a small
solar panel in front window to keep a trickle charge on the battery. I have
a truck too that may sit for weeks without running
and every time I need it it starts right up. Of course it would be nice to
know the current draw when the rig is off and
since it is only a small regulator that keeps the CPU alive my guess it may
be less than 5 mA until the rig is commanded to turn
on.

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Jerry Flanders
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2019 10:54 AM
To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>; khufford
<khufford at atlanticbb.net>
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Current consumption of IC-7000 when OFF?

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 
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