Will this capacitor continue to draw power from the battery when the vehicle is off if it is hot wired to the battery?
1008228
It shuts off around 20 seconds after my doors are locked. If I pop my trunk to look at it, it will light up and say ~12.4 for 10 seconds or so.
458449
I'm a mechanic and yes it will drain the battery if you leave it plugged in while the car is off, my suggestion is to hard wire it into the car with an "add a fuse" , it's simple and cheap and will turn on and off with the car without draining the battery (look up a video on YouTube "how to hardwire in a radar detector")
1788950
most cars have the 9v outlet tied into the ignition, so it's not powered when the car is not running. Therefore, it won't drain your battery at all.
239952
When u turn on the ignition key turns the. Voltage. On the power acustic. Capacitor and stays on until u turn. It off
418425
It depends on how your car is wired. If you have a iPhone charger for your cigarette lighter, try charging the iPhone while your car is turned off. If it does, then yes anything you plug into that outlet will drain the battery when the cars off.
1408760
In my Chevy pickup the plug is always hot, even with the key out of the ignition. So with a device plugged into the charger it will pull some power. Also the charger by itself will burn a tiny amount of power since it is converting DC voltage. This loss is tiny compared to a car battery but is an additional load if you don't run the car for an extended period. Its surprising how all the loads can add up and eventually deaden the battery.
968215
I have power ran from battery straight to cap... It does turn off after it is fully charged up! It's actually pretty cool.
2066308
NO. The power supply is not interrupted. If your vehicle port charges when it is off, you should be fine. But also consider that leaving it for extended times can drain your battery.
186552
Its been my experience that leaveing it plugged in after dark the charge likes to feed back through the carge controler and heat up why i dont know but it does i would reccomend unplugging it as soon as it gets daark just to be safe..it does get kinda hot!
1588391
The way I have it wired, it comes on when I put the van in reverse. It shuts off automatically when it is in drive.
468139
I do not unplug mine whether in use or not. However my power is only on when the car is on.
1308952
Robert the device plugs into your 12 volt adapter or cigarette lighter ...so there is always voltage there after you turn the car off I pull mine out a little so it does not make a connection that's the only way to disconnect from your battery. but there's no problem. I would highly recommend this product I love mine it is totally hands off thru your car speakers. Just like onstar
2201683
If you meant leaving it ON inside the car, then there's a huge possibility that the battery would explode, not to mention, it would possibly fry some components in it. That's why I replaced the battery with a super capacitor.
1005084
I don't think it would work for that because I always have it charge when I am driving but as soon as the car turns off it goes off
2254543
In a word yes. Same as pulling off negative battery cable. Most cars from 80's on up have computers that will cause a draw if vehicle sits for a long period of time.
1527975
If you wired it in directly to the battery and the lite is on when the key is off it in time will drain the battery it is a very small slow draw. With the key on and the vehical running it is no problem. I wired mine threw a wire that was only hot when the key is on, this shuts all the lites off when you turn the vehical off. Was used on 2014 RZR 900.
927399
Depends on how you want it wires. I connected mine to the stock wiring behind the cigarette lighter. That way when the key is in the acc or vehicle on position (engine running) the monitor will always have power. When the vehicle is off the monitor loses power not draining the battery