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parasitic battery drain

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Hi,

I have some strange electrical fault with my FK1 which causes the battery to drain. I have tried disconnecting the negative from the battery and connecting between the battery and the cable with a multimeter and measuring the current that the car draws when everything is switched off and the doors are closed and then it is 0.477A.

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Trying to remove fuse #17 under the hood for "interior light" and then it suddenly draws 0.117 A

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Trying to remove fuse #16 for "Back up" under the hood and then it suddenly draws 0.025 A which should be reasonable for stand by (?).

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I've tried and disconnected the navi/radio power cables but it stills draws 0.477 A so it shouldn't be related to the Navi.

Any ideas what the problem might be?

Cheers,