P80 Parasitic draw, 150 mA. [ glovebox light ] Topic is solved

[mecheng]

Calculations

150mA * 24 hours* 12 volts is 40 watt hours per day. Your battery capacity is roughly 960 watt hours, so one week should have been about a 25% drained battery with no use. Maybe get that battery on a charger for a bit and check alternator output ?

I’ve never seen amp watts used, interesting.
Amp hours is published and for this size battery
It is either 45 or 60 amp hours. In a week, it would use 25 amp hours, which is either 50% or close to it.

I have one of those smart battery chargers. The car starts ok now, hopefully the battery is ok but I may have shortened its life.

[mecheng]

I think it was RSPI who once put his camera inside the glove box to see if light went out. A forum search show several instances of the door not making contact with switch.

I did that last year when I noticed the cell voltage would drop after siting but it passed the test. I think the switch is intermittent and unless you let the car sit a few days and it’s cold out you would never know. The glove box doesn’t need a light, so I just put a flash light in there so she doesn’t haunt me again