Parasitic draw...

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Old Apr 16, 2016 | 05:43 PM
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Parasitic draw...

I knew I had a draw in my car(battery dies after the car sits for 3 days or so), so I did some tests today. My coils were drawing over 1amp at off-power. I will move the 12v constant power to ignition power. I blame the wiring diagram for this.

After taking ignition coil fuse off though, I still have about 160-180 mah draw when the car's completely off, lights off, doors closed, trunk closed, etc. I took out all the fuses in the fuse box, and I still can't get it below 160mah. I read that normal draw should be below 50mah. Any ideas?
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Old Apr 16, 2016 | 09:43 PM
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nevermind. I just ordered a master kill switch to cut the system when parked.
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Old Apr 17, 2016 | 02:09 AM
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Hope your ECU doesn't use any adaptive learning.
Some ECU's will continue to draw a small amount of current for up to 30mins after ignition is turned off.
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