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Connecting The Measuring Instrument

When measuring the power consumption, it will soon become evident if there is a power consuming component in the car drawing an excessive amount of the battery capacity. If it is clear that the power consumption is greater than the specified limit values, fault trace by successive elimination.

The method for measuring the total standby current consumption is described below.

The vehicle's standby current is measured using a multimeter.

NOTE:

If the vehicle has been run to operating temperature, check that the system relay has been activated. An activated system relay causes increased standby current consumption. This is normal under certain circumstances.

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