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Old 12-06-2008, 12:47 PM   #8
Paul
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A new, fully charged, and warm battery in our cars should be able to provide at least 60 amp hours. To drain such a battery in 3 hours would take a 20 amp load.

A one amp load would take 60 hours.

A 20 amp load could even damage the leads of a multimeter.
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