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Originally Posted by Tygen1
I stuck an ampmeter on mine once. At idle with no accesories on, it was around 20amp's. At idle with absolutely everything that could be turned on, on, it was around 42amp's. A/C at max, doors open, high beam head lights, brakes, hazards, rear defrost, stereo cranked etc... I've just got an Escort, so it doesn't have many accesories at all.
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In my car the the low beams, high beams and fog lights are 55W each per bulb. The lows and fogs turn off when the highs are on, so I have 2x55W with high beams vs 4x55W with low beams + fog lamps.
Also, Svietlana has way more electronic gizmos than I need or even want:
- heated side mirrors (turns on with rear window heating),
- rain sensor for the automatic windshield wipers,
- light sensor for the automatic headlights when it gets dark (of course here the lights must be on during the day too),
- electrophotochromic mirror, turns dark when someone shines at you at night,
- FM/GSM/GPS antenna, GPS is always looking for satelites even though I never use it,
- 5 disc CD changer which doesn't work, but is making noises and gets pretty warm after 30 minuts of driving (I'm going to get rid of it soon).