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Old 11-27-2013, 08:02 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by Foobar View Post
That's not going to be an accurate test as your car's electrical draw at idle is going to be different while you're driving around with various electronics on.

Easiest thing to do is to get the battery and alternator tested. If those are good, then you've got an electrical problem elsewhere and now you're going to have to play the take one piece out at a time until you find the problem game.
Okay and should a regular mechanic be able to test this ? Weird as my car was done today and had no problems
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