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What is parasitic drain?

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What could drain the battery totally dead on a 1996 cadillac?

Bad battery or a parasitic drain


Does a car battery drain if not used?

Yes. More so if it is connected. Most vehicles today put a parasitic draw on the battery that will drain it down over time. Parasitic draw should be under .050 mA.


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There's a parasitic drain somewhere.


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Parasitic voltage drain is typically power that is being drawn from a power source when an item should be "off". For example; when a car is turned off typically it is still drawing small amounts of power to run a clock or keep an alarm funtioning. This could be considered a parasitic voltage drain. Sometimes in household systems it is also referred to as phantom power. Some companies like Roemtech (which manufactures classroom audio systems) spends a lot of time and money trying to reduce parasitic or phantom voltage drain. This can amount to a lot of power savings over the span of a year.


What are the different parasitic capacitances of NMOS transistors?

Parasitic capacitances form across every depletion region there's also a capacitance between the conductive leads to the terminals. For simplicity they are usually just lumped to each of the terminals of the transistor. Gate, Drain, Source and Substrate. If substrate is shorted to source creating typical 3 terminal representation then that half of those parasitic capacitances combine and Css (source-substrate) = 0. Cgd Cgs Cds (primarily from drain to substrate, not drain to source)


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Dead cell in the battery, or parasitic drain from a light that is on or a relay that is stuck.


How do you test a car battery?

The battery can be brought to many shops for a free test. Otherwise, you can test the voltage and parasitic drain amperage with proper usage of a multimeter, available at most hardware and electronics stores. To test the battery beyond voltage and parasitic drain, a very expensive piece of machinery is required to test it further. Most shops have such equipment.


What cause a car battery to go dead?

They wear out over time, there could be a parasitic drain on the electrical system, something might have been left on.


Why does your battery dies over night on your 1993 Nissan altima?

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How do you spell parasitic?

The correct spelling is "parasitic."