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Dirt don't hurt
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From: Haslet Texas
Not really!!!
We do have other twinkie owners in here but you must pay your dues.
Lots of coffee and cake for everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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From: Ohio
OK Doc, time for a diagnosis please.
I also have an amp in my fairing, an Arc Mini. After I installed it, along with the Biketronics gear and a Sony head unit, I was losing my battery charge. 500 miles from home I pulled the fairing and disconnected the "memory" wire and all was well. The problem is I have to reset the radio after every stop. Keeping in mind that I am a wiring retard, why was I getting such a draw?
I also have an amp in my fairing, an Arc Mini. After I installed it, along with the Biketronics gear and a Sony head unit, I was losing my battery charge. 500 miles from home I pulled the fairing and disconnected the "memory" wire and all was well. The problem is I have to reset the radio after every stop. Keeping in mind that I am a wiring retard, why was I getting such a draw?
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From: NW AR
You may not have the amp wired up right. It should have a trigger wire, or power on wire or something like that. I forget what the standard color is. This wire is the "on" switch for the amp. When 12V is applied to it, the amp is on. Your head unit should have a wire that controls external amps and has 12V on it when the unit is turned on. That wire should run to the amp trigger wire. Otherwise, your amp may just be defective, or the head unit. They should not drain a bike battery overnight. Over a couple weeks, maybe, but not overnight.
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What Hess said. The remote turn on wire for most amps is a blue wire coming from the head unit. If you wired that to a hot lead, it would keep the amp on at all times and dump your battery in short order.
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From: Carlsbad Springs Ontario
Amp.
You can store 1000 tunes on a piece of plastic that is the size of a pack of matches and install a couple of ear buds that will outperform any big home stereo. Go for it.