[Miata] "Dark Current" Discussion

[Luke White]

I believe there was a discussion on "dark current" here sometime over the 
last couple of weeks.  Dark current being the tiny draw from the car's radio 
memory, etc.  Should have paid more attention at that time since the battery 
in my '93 died the other day.  I got a new Westco under the pro-rated 
warranty.  When I was hooking it up, I measured 50 milliAmps of current. 
The only contributors should have been the radio memory/clock and the 
aftermarket alarm.  Does that sound reasonable?

I'm 99% sure the problem was simply the battery - since when I put it on the 
charger, it gave a open/sulfated cell error, but I just want to make sure 
the car is not putting too much of a draw on it when sitting idle.

Thanks,

Luke
'93B