BullElk
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Well this Bluetooth device drain the battery too much. I would rather not take it out every time I get out of the truck unless of course there is a danger of draining the battery.
Will this drain on the battery too much??? (1 Viewer)
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It shouldn’t drain anything since no power is supplied to the cig when engine is off. I have mine in there for 2 weeks and car still started
IF you have your 12v outlet wired to always on, then I would remove it in the winter, but in the summer I would not worry about it for the night or while at work, but over a weekend or while parked at the dock for a cruise I would unplug it.
In the FAQ's section there is a way to wire the aux plugs to be always on, you could reverse that if you read the "how to"
None of my 12v plugs are live with the ignition off.
Very easy to do on the earlier 100 with easy access to the acc relay. The acc relay is on the back of the kick panel relays on the newer 100 making much more difficult
those KM18's only draw ~0.05A @ 5VDC when operating (a little less in standby)... assuming your battery is adequately charged you should have a 25A reserve capacity of at least 60-min, which would yield several thousand hours of operation. I wouldn't think it would be a problem to leave it in unless your battery is tired
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For reference, many cars draw around 50mA while off. If the figures in the above post are correct, then you'd have around 20mA (assuming my math is right) drawn by that bluetooth adapter. That's probably within the typical variance added by aftermarket alarms, stereo equipment and misc other stuff.
If you drive it daily or every other day I wouldn't worry. If you drive it once a week or less it might pull down voltage enough to be a problem.
If you drive it daily or every other day I wouldn't worry. If you drive it once a week or less it might pull down voltage enough to be a problem.
I have the same transmitter on my pickup. If I am not going to be driving it for a few days I just hold the center button down for 5 seconds and it goes into sleep mode with all the lights off.
I did not know this. Mine shuts off with the key, but this is still good info.
I know.
Show yours my photo. I have the KM19. Maybe you have the KM19?
It is right there in the directions. Hold for 5 seconds
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