How much battery power does stereo use?
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How much battery power does stereo use?
I recently installed a Kenwood HU, BT 4180 amp, 7.1 pro's in fairing, 6.5's in lowers and 6x9's in rear. Bike is a 2012 SG. How much juice does it take to run this? How long should I be able to run without starting bike? Reason I'm asking is I was showing off the radio to some friends. Unplugged battery tender. Turned off radio for roughly 10 minutes. Then when I went to fire it up it barely had enough juice to start bike. And it sucked enough juice to lose all my settings on the HU.
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I recently installed a Kenwood HU, BT 4180 amp, 7.1 pro's in fairing, 6.5's in lowers and 6x9's in rear. Bike is a 2012 SG. How much juice does it take to run this? How long should I be able to run without starting bike? Reason I'm asking is I was showing off the radio to some friends. Unplugged battery tender. Turned off radio for roughly 10 minutes. Then when I went to fire it up it barely had enough juice to start bike. And it sucked enough juice to lose all my settings on the HU.
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I haven't timed how long I can play my radio, but it isn't terribly long. I've killed my battery twice to the point my bike wouldn't start by playing with my radio in the garage. I won't run mine more than 15-20 minutes now unless I'm going to plug it into a charger for the night.
Lesson learned the hard way.
Lesson learned the hard way.
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The batteries on these bikes aren't very big. I'm sure a stock bike could play the radio much longer than a bike with an amplifier.
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