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Amp Killing Battery?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jonthesharp" data-source="post: 8580018" data-attributes="member: 673280"><p>The battery went dead in my wife's car right after I installed a sub and I am trying to prevent it from happening again.</p><p></p><p>I checked the remote wire with the car off and it had 0 volts</p><p></p><p>I checked the positive to ground on the amp with the car off and it had 12+ volts (as seems expected)</p><p></p><p>I disconnected the remote and the ground wire and tested the positive terminal with the ground terminal (not the wire) and it had 3-4v. This was also true with the positive disconnected. It would eventually go to zero over time. I assume this is the capacitors losing charge, but I am worried that its leaching power off the battery when the amp is off.</p><p></p><p>Can anyone confirm if this is normal or if there is an issue going on here?</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jonthesharp, post: 8580018, member: 673280"] The battery went dead in my wife's car right after I installed a sub and I am trying to prevent it from happening again. I checked the remote wire with the car off and it had 0 volts I checked the positive to ground on the amp with the car off and it had 12+ volts (as seems expected) I disconnected the remote and the ground wire and tested the positive terminal with the ground terminal (not the wire) and it had 3-4v. This was also true with the positive disconnected. It would eventually go to zero over time. I assume this is the capacitors losing charge, but I am worried that its leaching power off the battery when the amp is off. Can anyone confirm if this is normal or if there is an issue going on here? Thanks [/QUOTE]
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