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Thanks for this timely post. I'm literally in the middle of running down a parasitic drain on my Nissan Xterra.

I tracked mine down using a different method which helps when your fuses don't all have test points (and no conversion table needed).

- Disconnect negative battery cable

- Switch your multimeter to 10A (don't forget to swap lead ports)

- Connect the multimeter in-line between the negative cable and negative battery post

- The readout on the multimeter should now tell you how much drain you have

- Start pulling fuses one by one until you see the amps drop to normal



And pro-tip if you need to go down the line past the fuse box: if you have a DC clamp-on ammeter, you can do multiple windings to 2x or 3x the current readings for smaller draws that the clamp-on might not pick up on.


Whoa, thank you. I was disappointed to read in my multimeter's manual (klein CL800) that the resolution for DC (up to 60A, if I'm reading "range" in the chart correctly) was only 10mA.




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