does having my gps plugged in my car drain the battery while its off?

July 27, 2009 by admin · 2 Comments
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igorotak6 asked:


my car is a rsx-s 02. battery just died and had the gps plugged in overnight. there shouldnt be power going through the cigarette lighter plug thing right?

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2 Responses to “does having my gps plugged in my car drain the battery while its off?”
  1. Alexis K. says:
    July 29, 2009 at 12:21 pm

    No it doesn’t use any power. that’s only like if u leave the light on lol. so no it wont.

  2. dr_layne says:
    July 30, 2009 at 3:10 am

    If the cigarette lighter is still powered with key off, then yes, the gps will draw current to keep it’s internal battery charged.

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