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Motorola CDM1550LS running battery dead?
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radioman2001
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To prove or disprove the radio unplug it for the same amount of time. Other wise you will need an amp meter to read radio draw. Left on the radio will kill a battery.
he has an ignition sense so technically the radio should not be drawing any current while the ignition sense if OFF.
Thats if it was installed properly and the radio is operating properly.
But radioman2001 has a good point. You can unplug the unit completely for a week and see if the combine is running dead.
heck my Dodge Ram 1500 goes dead if not run for a week. Thats with evertying unplugged and turned off. (stuff i put in it, not stuff dodge put in it)
Thats if it was installed properly and the radio is operating properly.
But radioman2001 has a good point. You can unplug the unit completely for a week and see if the combine is running dead.
heck my Dodge Ram 1500 goes dead if not run for a week. Thats with evertying unplugged and turned off. (stuff i put in it, not stuff dodge put in it)
fineshot1
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That could be the hitch here - if the radio is working and hooked up properly.
I originally had my two CDM radios hooked up hot on the main power cable
and not using the ignition sense when I first got them. Did not think it would be
a problem. Well - they killed my battery. I had to reconfigure and and hook up
the ign sense and now all is well.
radioman2001
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If the radio is killing the battery being hooked up to the battery even with ign sense, the radio could have a bad PA transistor. A meter will tell all.
We have had the same problems with the CDM1550ls+ in our combine. I think what happens is it turns on with the key (you hear the double beep) but the gps monitor is somehow backfeeding into the powerstrip and the radio doesn't turn off with the key (our radio is behind mounted on the box for the manual, so no one looks to see if it is off on the way out of the cab). Or that's what was happening with ours. Every year when I put the radio into the new combine i spend about an hour trying to chase it down. I gave up, there is a master battery cut off switch on the battery box in front of the right rear tire. Every evening, shut down and walk back there and flip the switch. Takes all of ten seconds, and haven't had a dead battery since.
Good Luck
Good Luck
Yeah we didn't take anymore chances trying to find it we just shut off the power kill switch every night.
I think in the future I need to buy a 20ft power cable and run it directly to the battery.
It will be interesting figuring out how to install the radio in the new S680.
I think in the future I need to buy a 20ft power cable and run it directly to the battery.
It will be interesting figuring out how to install the radio in the new S680.
The Motorola Install manual for the CDM radios specifically states to connect the + lead of the main power cable directly to the + terminal of the vehicle battery. Connecting it elsewhere is a very possible cause of your problem.
If the radio's Ignition Sense Configuration is programmed for On/Off AND Ignition, it is very possible that something in the installation is forcing the radio to remain on when you think it should be off. Connecting the Ignition Sense wire to a power strip in the vehicle may be defeating it in some way.
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