I have a car audio amplifer drawing power when my car is off. Would this solve it? I can use the remote lead wire off my ignition for it and ground it to the same area as my remote lead switch I have installed. I would like to use that remote lead...
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Well I am no car electrician, but what you are describing is exactly what a relay does so I would say yes. It should work just fine. You need hot in, hot out, and a ground. Pretty simple really. I hope this helps.
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I built a harness with a relay and hooked it into a remote fuse block I installed, but with the small amount of amps these led's draw, you don't really need the relay, but I would fuse the circuit!Hope this helps you
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Yes you can use the remote from the harness, the only thing some time the amp is gonna start automatically but that's just for like 10 seconds.
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I used my speakers in a boat and connected to the bimini bars. Usually there is a positive output signal from the stereo for an external amp. I would install a relay providing main power from the battery and trigger power from your stereo. That way if your stereo is off, the amp will shut down as well. For reference on the unit I purchased the amp did not work. I temporally have speakers spliced into my existing speakers and plan on installing a new amplifier this spring. Like the look and size of the speakers, just could not get the amp to work correctly.
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if you're good enough with mechanics and wiring and circuits you can wear this into a circuit that is on at all times like your cigarette lighter your headlights Exedra Exedra if you do wired into one of the circuits then they will turn on when the car turns on kind of like an amp for your subwoofers. it can be done very easily you just have to know how to do it.if you wanted to do this professionally then you would bye a add a circuit and hook that up in your circuit board of your accessory circuit for a 10 amp fuse in Andover run at all times why your vehicles running
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Your 12-volt socket is probably not energized when the car is turned off, so not an issue. If it is energized with the car off, this unit would put a small drain on the battery, so you would want to unplug it when not in use. Obviously there is no issue if the car is running.
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All you need to do is to attach a 12 gauge (red) wire from the gauge to your ignition switch or any other power source. Use the terminal on the ignition that is not activated during starting but is live at other times. The other terminal on the gauge goes to ground (black wire to your metal dashboard support). You can put a fuse in line near the ignition switch. There should have been instructions with the gauge - I bet there are explanations on-line... just Goggle Voltmeter hook up. Cheers
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no, the coil probably burned out. It is not designed to be on continually. I use mine for an air horn and it works fine for that but if you are wanting something that stays energized for a long time it would be better to use a higher voltage and less amps
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Its harmless. Depending on how you have your light switches set you may notice there dimly kit while your driving. I kinda like it. They use much less juice, so the current in the line shows up. Your x cuts power to that circuit when the car is off after ten or fifteen min anyway. You can check, they won't be lit
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If you used it to start your vehicle press the start button again. It will turn it off, but it leaves accessories on (stereo, ect.) until your vehicle turns it off automatically. So, the warning here is if you have a sound system or low battery you may return to a dead vehicle if you turn off with remote.
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I leave mine on all the time and it draws less amperage than an alarm-no moving parts whatsoever. You can set it to shut down after the vehicle is stopped too. I bought another one for my other car too.
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When your take your keys out of the ignition... it turns off the ability to draw power from your car battery. You wouldn't have a problem with this.
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Have to agree with others; your cigarette lighter outlet is powered off when ignition/engine is off. If you must use this with engine off, wire up a high current capable accessory jack to your car battery with a 10-15A? fuse in-line. if your car has an accessory jack, use that. Running anything off your battery for a long duration will deplete your battery to a point where it may not start your car. Best to run your engine if you are using this for more than maybe 10-15 minutes (wild guess more or less). Check the manual for power limitation of your unit and device you want to power with it.
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Greetings: I am using this inline with my ignition wire to cut out engine noise to the amplifier. It worked a little and only after I turned the gain down on my amp did all the noise go away. That's all I know about the operation of this product.
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Pull the fuse from the main power line from the battery to the amp. If the battery stops draining it's the amp. If it doesn't it's something else. I have this amp powering 2 Rockford Fosgate Punch P3 in a 2011 Camaro. I run a second battery and the amp still draws enough power to make my headlights dim. My birth sheet that came with the amp said it was 892 watts at 1ohm at 14.2 volts. If you don't have at least a 150 amp alternator and a good size battery that's in good shape. It will drain the battery faster than your alternator can charge it.
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Hello. No, it will need to be connected to the Amp remote wire for proper operation. (The ignition power will not work due to the timing sequence) Thank you, -Matt
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If you hook this up, with a device connected to it all the time, yes as long as there is power to it all the time, it will drain the battery. The drop in voltage would depend upon what is connected to it and what the draw rate of that item is. When you hook this up to the fuse panel you will need to be on a circuit with a minimum of a 10amp fuse. You will also need to find a circuit that turns off by the ignition switch when the key is removed, or you will need to unplug your device to eliminate the draw of voltage by the device plugged in to this cord. If that doesn't help then re-read this answer until you understand it. ++ ~Automotive Technician~ specializing in Automotive Electrical Circuits ++ If you hook this up, with a device connected to it all the time, yes as long as there is power to it all the time, it will drain the battery. The drop in voltage would depend upon what is connected to it and what the draw rate of that item is. When you hook this up to the fuse panel you will need to be on a circuit with a minimum of a 10amp fuse. You will also need to find a circuit that turns off by the ignition switch when the key is removed, or you will need to unplug your device to eliminate the draw of voltage by the device plugged in to this cord. If that doesn't help then re-read... » Read More If you hook this up, with a device connected to it all the time, yes as long as there is power to it all the time, it will drain the battery. The drop in voltage would depend upon what is connected to it and what the draw rate of that item is. When you hook this up to the fuse panel you will need to be on a circuit with a minimum of a 10amp fuse. You will also need to find a circuit that turns off by the ignition switch when the key is removed, or you will need to unplug your device to eliminate the draw of voltage by the device plugged in to this cord. If that doesn't help then re-read this answer until you understand it. ++ ~Automotive Technician~ specializing in Automotive Electrical Circuits ++ « Show Less