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LukesCorsaSXi
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29th Jun 11 at 18:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If i have my amp and sub connected to my battery, my amp never turns off so it just drains my battery. Anything i can do? or do i just need a new battery? Thanks.
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29th Jun 11 at 18:40   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Have you got the remote lead connected mate?
LukesCorsaSXi
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quote:
Originally posted by shaunmods
Have you got the remote lead connected mate?


Which ones that mate?

[Edited on 29-06-2011 by LukesCorsaSXi]

[Edited on 29-06-2011 by LukesCorsaSXi]
shaunmods
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29th Jun 11 at 18:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thin blue one like this Luke -

LukesCorsaSXi
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Just noticed, my bro has taken everything out cos it was flattening my battery. Could that have been what was causing it though Shaun? Like it all was working perfect, just absolutely killing my battery, like the lights on the dash wouldn't even turn on :O
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Originally posted by LukesCorsaSXi
Just noticed, my bro has taken everything out cos it was flattening my battery. Could that have been what was causing it though Shaun? Like it all was working perfect, just absolutely killing my battery, like the lights on the dash wouldn't even turn on :O


If that aint connected it wont turn off when you turn the ignition off bud so I reckon its pretty safe to say thats the cause

[Edited on 29-06-2011 by shaunmods]
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Righttt. Yeah the green light on the amp always stays on even when i turn ignition off. Will go try it! Thanks!
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Originally posted by LukesCorsaSXi
Righttt. Yeah the green light on the amp always stays on even when i turn ignition off. Will go try it! Thanks!
tat will be it. It connects either straight into the back of the headunit saying remote or connects to a bluewwire out the back saying remote
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Also on back of your headunit i cant remember exactly but isnt there a constant live and an ignition live with two push in plug connectors, if you connect them wrong way round theres constantly power, thin red wire for permenant live and thin yellow wires for ignition, maybe of no help but hey
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29th Jun 11 at 22:39   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I had to fit a switch into my blue wire/remote!
Works fine now
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29th Jun 11 at 23:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Strange haven't seen an amp that even turns on without a remote wire.
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Originally posted by sand-eel
Strange haven't seen an amp that even turns on without a remote wire.


Thats what I thought, remote wire should give signal to the amp to turn on. No wire = doesnt turn on

Could be a fault with the wiring on your headunit and its constantly giving the amp the signal to turn on? Is the blue wire correctly wired t the remote and not another wire?
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Originally posted by AshWatson
Also on back of your headunit i cant remember exactly but isnt there a constant live and an ignition live with two push in plug connectors, if you connect them wrong way round theres constantly power, thin red wire for permenant live and thin yellow wires for ignition, maybe of no help but hey


Thats for some aftermarket headunits only to switch from perm live to ignition live
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This happened with my friends car, we just put a switch in to turn the connection on and off, worked fine then
LukesCorsaSXi
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I'll look later and try what Ash said. Maybe its just wired up wrong. Thanks for all the help though lads.
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You can fool it into thinking theres a signal to come on by bridging the remote with the positive terminal. Thats what i did, and whenever i was out of the car for more than a day i just pulled the cable out. Not ideal but it worked.
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^^some polish guy did that when buying an amp off me, i wondered what he was doing
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i have a switch on mine to save power if you need help give me shout
LukesCorsaSXi
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Originally posted by sboisw
i have a switch on mine to save power if you need help give me shout


Cheers mate.

 
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