Nothing to do with uC: measuring parasitic draw from car battery

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thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 4395	Posted: 08:15pm 15 Aug 2024       Sorry folks, but one of you will know the answer without having to engage a single brain cell. Can I use a normal hobbyist multimeter to measure the parasitic draw on a car battery, I naively assume I can just connect it in DC current mode in series with the red probe to battery + and black probe to the (otherwise disconnected) positive connector ? Best wishes, Tom