Parasitic Draw from fuses M10 & M12

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Help! I isolated the parasitic draw on my 2011 1500 Laramie to two fuses, M10 & M12. M10 is for the VES/SDARS/DVD/HFM/UGDO/VANITY and M12 is for the AMP/RADIO. Anyone else ever have a problem with this?
 
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As asked above what is the draw? The radio and amp are always ready to go with preset stations and other memory. That requires a constant draw of power although small over time it causes problems with a weak battery. Your onboard computers are usually a larger loss of power.
 
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Need to know the current draw of mV reading to know if it’s an issue. There will always be some draw.
 
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Shiva said:
As asked above what is the draw? The radio and amp are always ready to go with preset stations and other memory. That requires a constant draw of power although small over time it causes problems with a weak battery. Your onboard computers are usually a larger loss of power.
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I ran into this same problem with my 2012 1500. The draw is 1.34 is that significant?
 
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Redmosq said:
Yes. When I pull out the fuse for the radio it drops to .6
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1.34A is a pretty significant draw, even 0.6A is to high. Ideally it should be close to 0.05A.
 
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