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Old 26th September 2021, 18:44   #9
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Originally Posted by MSS View Post
For all practical purposes they are the same.

For an engineering pedantic like myself, the term I used is technically more correct.

I think there is a distinct difference - quiescent current is the expected drain on the battery once all the ECUs have gone up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire, and parasitic drain is any extra current drain due to one or more faults.
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