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I put a stereo on my pro team 170. Have the red power wire and the yellow memory wire both hooked up to the battery. Battery was dead in two weeks. Should I hook the red wire up to a switch and leave the yellow on the battery. will this still kill the battery? I would like to keep the memory hooked up but not at the expense of my battery. Any suggestions?
Get a charger that will "maintain" your batts and leave it hooked up, best fo the batts anyway. Good luck
I think you want the red wire to a fused/switch on post on your fuse block and the yellow to battery
you should check with a stereo installer to be sure, its been many moons since my last stereo install
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The yellow wire is going to draw current all the time if not switched off.
A long time ago in a city far, far away… Okay it was a long time ago and the city was not that far away, but I worked at The Car Stereo Shop in B’Ham. We never powered anything unless it was through a fuse. Even though I did installs on cars the same thing applies: fuse both the red and yellow wires. You also may want to wire the red wire through a main or accessory power switch (the stereo has a power switch that works to).
+1 on the battery charger.