A question for the 40/40 and 35 owners. When my distribution panel is on, i have a 0.6 amp draw with all breakers turned off. I used an amp clamp all over trying to find where this trickle is coming from with no luck. Then it dawned upon me. Theres a few tiny indicator bulbs behind the panel that illuminate the lables of the breakers. I cant tell if they are LED or not, nor do i know what they draw individually. So my question is this - is this draw normal with those bulbs? I have solar on the boat, so im not concerned about my battery but i am concerned if this a parasidic drain from somewhere yet to be identified…
Aha. Well I bet your 35 had the same distribution panel made by Bass. Do you remember if it had back lighting?
I suppose i should go down to the boat and count the bulbs and do the research on what they draw.
If anyone else confirms this, I will consider this solved.
Since you have solar, it could be coming from your MPPT controller or other battery monitoring equipment. Most of my ghost draws are from things that are watching over the system as a whole. I’ve got about 1/3 of an amp going to it all when it’s dark out and all the breakers are off.
Good point. Currently the panels are de rigged for the winter but i do have victron battery monitor. I believe it draws less than 1 miliamp, which is nothing.
Hello,
I have a question that may seem a little silly to some:
Could it be that the needle on the dial is slightly out of alignment?
In that case, wouldn’t there be a screw somewhere to adjust the needle to zero?
Since i started this thread I felt the need to go down to the boat and open up the panel. All those green lights are the panel indicator bulbs. There must be 45 of them. Since theres so many, I am going to assume that they must be LED.
