Re: vehicle memory savers
- From: Adrian <toomany2cvs@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 19 Jan 2009 10:56:21 GMT
Stephen <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxx> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:
When working on the car you disconnect the battery to stop any
inadvertent short circuits but if you plug this into your cigar socket,
won't the same inadvertent short circuits fuse this power supply? If it
does short, won't the codes be lost?
Yes and yes. But the short will be a lot less spectacular, since there's
much less juice available and the ciggy lighter is fused.
If you've got the radio code written down, are these worth it?
Depends.
Alarms & remote locking can throw a paddy, engine & autobox ECUs can lose
stored driving profiles and revert to default.
BTW are you supposed to/do you disconnect the battery everytime or only
for certain jobs?
Anything where there's a risk of a short. So if you're pulling the
starter or alternator (high-current unfused connections) or risk dropping
something onto the battery, it's worth pulling it out.
The savers are most useful where you're just changing an old battery for
a new 'un.
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