Power your car when its off?

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Jul 30, 2010 | 07:40 PM

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cassidyrj1

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Power your car when its off?

Is there anyway to power your car so it wont die if you wanted to listen to music for a long time? I want to use my car as the sound system for a party but dont want it to die. I also dont want to leave it running the entire time.

Jul 30, 2010 | 07:55 PM

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Re: Power your car when its off?

perhaps trickle charger if you have 110V outlet close by?..

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Jul 30, 2010 | 08:18 PM

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psuperti

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Re: Power your car when its off?

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Originally Posted by cassidyrj1

Yeah, I do that sometimes. I bought a battery charger/maintaner at walmart and plug it to the wall outlet and the car battery. I also have a 1 fared capacitor so it all works well for 3 hours.

Jul 30, 2010 | 08:59 PM

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onehundred80

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Re: Power your car when its off?

Without the ignition switch on the radio will turn off in one hour. I guess you knew that but I thought I would mention it just in case.
A charger would do the trick on a low setting. One of those battery tenders might be just perfect.

Aug 3, 2010 | 02:54 AM

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aazn

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Re: Power your car when its off?

id be getting a bigger charger unit..

the aim is to not let the battery drop below 40% i think it was.. because you can permanently damage the battery.

get a bigger charger unit (dont use trickle charge)
get something around the 10AMP-20AMP range..

dont let the battery go flat.