Regarding dome lights, remember we are talking 12 volts here. 4.83
times 12 is a little less than 60 watts - no a tremendous amount of
light, so sounds about right to me.

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:32:49 -0600, Steve
> wrote:

>My 98 Explorer Limited battery dies if I don't drive it for 7 to 10
>days--which is quite often. I've had the charging system and battery checked
>at a couple of auto parts stores and they said both are good. We did notice
>an amp draw of 2 amps with the vehicle off and a spikes up higher than that.
>But when I check the amp draw at home when it hasn't been running it's a
>constant .24 amps. So I'm thinking maybe the 2 amps at the store were due to
>something still running after driving it. I did start the engine and ran it
>for 30 seconds or so and shut it off and it was again at .24 amps.
>
>On second thought we may have had the door open when checking it at the
>store and I've noticed when I open the door the amp draw goes up to 4.83
>amps. I don't know what the dome lights should draw, but that seems like a
>lot me. Maybe not?? There are 4 interior lights plus one under each external
>mirror that light up when the door opens.
>
>Anyway, isn't .24 amps still too high with all lights off? I've pulled fuses
>to find that removing fuse 25 (Generic Electronic Module, Instrument
>Cluster, Securi-Lock) drops the amp draw down to .01 amps. This vehicle has
>a Message Center computer which displays mileage, fuel range, distance
>traveled, System Check, etc. Don't know if that places much of a current
>drain while the engine is off.
>
>Any ideas on what I should do now? Thanks for any help.
>
>Steve