parasitic battery drain

67Dart273 said
To clarify what he is doing here, by using an external resistor, he is actually MAKING a low range current meter the same as is "in" your multimeter, except that by using an external resistor, it's almost impossible to damage the meter. "Good" meters are fuse protected

And to further clarify, when he says he measured "933 millivolts" because of the resistor, this translates directly to "933 milliamps" or .9 amps

Thanks for helping to clarify. I just wanted to throw out my approach. Both of my meters are fused or shunted, and like you said most "Good" ones are. But with this cheep set-up I don't have to worry about buying or replacing fuses. Works for me and maybe for someone else as well. Thanks 67Dart273! I was waiting to hear from you. :cheers:
Larry