That would be 20 - 60 milliamps.

 

or 2-6 centiamps

 

Damn metric system. You're correct. I should have said .002 to .006 amps which is 2-6 milliamps.

I'm really batting a thousand...or is that a hundred?

 

Technically, yes, but there are differences such as; an alternator puts out A/C current and a generator puts out D/C current.

 

really? generators are dc? that's funny because i'm an electrical technician at a power plant and i work with generators that produce three phase ac. ni hao ben a.

 

Yes, it is a generator because it generates electricity, but if it puts out A/C it is an alternator. From Miriam Webster:



Main Entry: al·ter·na·tor
Pronunciation: \ˈȯl-tər-ˌnā-tər also ˈal-\
Function: noun
Date: 1883
: an electric generator for producing alternating current

 

he said "you are so stupid"....


FOB!

 

Read my above post. Maybe he needs to put down the Chinese dictionary and pick up an English one.

 

I personally agree with you, I just thought it was funny that he'd call you stupid in a language you didn't know.


LMAO at the dictionary comment

 

My favorite part is, he has a total of five posts and he is already showing what a total A$$hole he is.

 

Sorry to go off topic but I wouldn't rely on a dictionary to tell me what a generator is...I'm in 4th year Electrical Engineering and picklejuice is right, generator does not necessarily output DC, it produces AC and with a commutator can output DC

 

What do you mean, it's the radio? This was happening before I got my head unit replaced and got worse after. But didn't happen the first five years I had the car.

I'm not following what you're saying -- turn the radio off? Take the radio out? Fix something in how it's installed?

 

Last time my car was in service, I was told my battery was going bad and that I needed a new battery. I went to Costco this evening and bought a battery.

These are the steps I followed in putting the battery in.

I removed negative terminal first and then the positive terminal. Took the old battery out and put the new one in. It was a tight fit, however managed to get it in there. I connected the positive terminal first and then the negative.

These are all steps from infiniti manual. I guess these were correct.

Once I was done with it and I started the car and drove around the block. I noticed some of my settings were missing, such as radio stations and the like. I reprogrammed them.

Once I was in the garage I turned the engine off and started again a couple of minuted later. The car starts completely and shuts down. After a few attempts, once when I was starting I gave it a little bit of gas and the it stayed on.

This is how it works for now. I'm afraid I cant go to work tomorrow relying on this.

What could be wrong for this behavior? Is there something I could have done wrong?

Please help,

any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

PK

 

Which model? I'm planning on either going to costco or pepboys for a new batt tomorrow. thx.

 

I have the same problem. Bought a new battery from Nissan and about a week later it is low. I pulled all the fuses draw is unchanged at .72 ma.. And ideas? One question when I was testing nothing was functioning? Is it supposed to? Like the doors lights and what not? If it is the diode in the alternator do I have to pull it out to get it tested?

Was there ever a resolution to orginal posters battery draw?