Questions & Answers for: stereo car amp killing battery

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...stereo to the amp. The black is ground and you want this as short as possible. where you mount the amp the ground wire should be no longer then 2 or 3 feet. red is power that you run to the positive ...

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Question about CDE-9846 CD/MP3 Car Stereo

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battery. I have an Alpine CDE-9846 radio and Alpine MRP-M1000 Amp hooked up. I have the red wire hooked to the ignition key or so I think but it calls for constant power draiining the battery just run

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...battery before you start it and after, Before should be 12.5 or close to tht, And running should be 14 or close to it, If not bad altenator, If both of those check out? Has the vehical got a stock ...

Question about 2005 Focus

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...car stereo and had just noticed that the wire harness that came with the deck does not have a remote wire, used to connect to my amplifier. My question is that does this stereo purposely not suppose ...

...stereo it works fine for approx 5 minutes then the amp "protect" light comes on and the amp cuts out. The other two amps in the boat work fine. Any suggestions? if the protect light comes on then you ...

...car is that way, except the clock and the anti-theft and door lock stuff. If you recently had an after market stereo installed then I would check that the remote wire for the amp is connected to the ...

Question about 500/1 Car Audio Amplifier

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car stereos in my lifetime so I know a good deal about things involving them. I was driving and my sub randomly stopped working. When I got home I tested the voltage of the input/power to the amp. The

...car has ever been wrecked i would pay close attention to that area. if you have replaced the stock stereo.you have to remove the stereo amplifier fuse located in the under the hood fuse panel.its a ...

...correctly to your AMP as the AMP running all the time would kill a car battery overnight where-as the stereo clock display alone should take many days to kill a properly functioning car

the battery enough to drop the voltage down and it's killing the stereo. I have also seen ground loops kill stereos, but, I need a bit clearer info as to exactly whats happening to answer the question

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