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What can be considered as a "normal" current leak when the car is "off"?

I have an annoying electrical gremlin that empties my battery overnight, but not always...
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I think it should be under .5 amps.

Something like that will be blatantly obvious with an ammeter once you start poking around.

Also, the power antennas are a notorious offender for something that bad. Usually the diagnosis would be to unplug the power on it, and if the problem goes away, you found your problem. I hate intermittent issues though. Just when you think you squashed it, it pops up again.
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Funny you talk about the antenna, it was on top of my "to check" list
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Just checked, still only 10ma leak... Guess I'll be checking for quite a few days
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