Steveredman
Registered User
Hi,
For the last 2 days I've got up to find my car has a dead battery.
The AA came out both times, jump started the car and tested the battery with the result being that the battery is fine.
The only conclusion I can come to is that something is draining the battery overnight. The AA guy today put his amp clamp on whilst I switched the car off and it still showed 10A drain. As the last item I replaced was the radio module (DAB upgrade) I unplugged this which dropped the drain slightly to 9.5A. I then tried unplugging other devices, the biggest drop came after unplugging the cable from the Bose amplifier.
My questions are:-
Should the amp drain that much power (must have been over 8A) whilst the car is off?
Is it likely that the amp would reduce it's drain after some time (wondering if it remains in a powered up state for a period after the car is stopped)?
Is it likely that the amp is faulty?
Thanks for any help!
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For the last 2 days I've got up to find my car has a dead battery.
The AA came out both times, jump started the car and tested the battery with the result being that the battery is fine.
The only conclusion I can come to is that something is draining the battery overnight. The AA guy today put his amp clamp on whilst I switched the car off and it still showed 10A drain. As the last item I replaced was the radio module (DAB upgrade) I unplugged this which dropped the drain slightly to 9.5A. I then tried unplugging other devices, the biggest drop came after unplugging the cable from the Bose amplifier.
My questions are:-
Should the amp drain that much power (must have been over 8A) whilst the car is off?
Is it likely that the amp would reduce it's drain after some time (wondering if it remains in a powered up state for a period after the car is stopped)?
Is it likely that the amp is faulty?
Thanks for any help!
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