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The amp drains my battery when I leave it pluged over night Wass up. I guess during the day it doesn't cuzz I turn the car on But when it sits for a few hours and I come back to start it the battery gets drained. Any help would be appreciated in advance...
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Posts: 10 | From: West Side Reseda South.Calli | Registered: Jan 2001
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Do you have the amp turned on by the head unit?
With an amp on and no signal like if the amp was on and the head unit was off the current drain will be a couple amps. This shouldn't drain a battery overnight unless you have a small battery or the the battery isn't so good to begin with.
If the amp is truly off then there is either a problem with the amp somewhere. Or the problem lies with something else in the car.
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Yea, the Amp remote is on the HU. I'm using 8AWG wire for power to battery and for grnd. also. I read another post somewhere that I should up my ground cable to 4awg or 0awg. Can this solve the prob. I'm lost...
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Posts: 10 | From: West Side Reseda South.Calli | Registered: Jan 2001
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Are you sure it has to do with the amp. You may just need to put water in the battery or get a new one. Easy way to see of you need a new battery is to hunt someone down with a good digital multimeter and test the battery while you load it down. Turn on your stereo, headlights, air conditioning, and anything else that draws current, if the voltage drops to below nine or ten volts then a new battery it is.
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Posts: 695 | From: Lynchburg, VA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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Check for a short. Take a 12vtailight bulb. Turn the amps and stuff off. Remove the ground wire from the battery and add the bulb from chasis ground to the loose battery ground wire. It will glow if a short is present. Start pulling fuse till the light go out or just a light glow. That should find the short or source of the power drain.
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Posts: 1147 | From: Rowlett, TX, USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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I doubt it's the amp itself, but maybe it's your cd player. /; I've had that problem with my head when the darn remote turn on's where mucked up, and it wouldn't shut my amps, and drained my battery (though, I actually thing there was something else wrong w/it too..).
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