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Old 04-23-2005, 09:51 AM
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im guessing its that POS dual amp.
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u know how its takes a lil bit longer to starts when the battery low. i cant explain it very good sorry.

what rpo is the elc?
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Originally Posted by toastedoats
im guessing its that POS dual amp.

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Old 04-23-2005, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by L27Buick
u know how its takes a lil bit longer to starts when the battery low. i cant explain it very good sorry.

what rpo is the elc?
you dont have the ELC, get a meter on the battery and see the drain when the car is off, the disconnect the amp and remeasure
Old 04-23-2005, 02:27 PM
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just measure how much power the battery is at when the car is off and amp unplugged and then measure with amp plugged in then do the difference right?
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measure the drain with no amp, and then measuere with the amp connected

post results here
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how do i measure drain?
Old 04-23-2005, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by L27Buick
how do i measure drain?
do you have any kind of volt meter?? if so take ti reading across the pos and neg terminals
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Originally Posted by 1993 SLE
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how do i measure drain?
do you have any kind of volt meter?? if so take ti reading across the pos and neg terminals
what good is that going to do? You need to measure amps by putting the leads in series with the battery and battery cable. I've tried this but my multimeter doesnt' read anything with the ignition off, and it goes down to .001 amps.
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it should read something when the cars off cuz their is always power at the battery.


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