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Old 05-17-2006, 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by IL-LOGIC-AL GGC
people swear they don't but the bilge pumps that cycle on and off in conjunction with say stereos that have the power wire wired hot to keep clock and memory "on will and have killed my start batteries in the past. it is important to not have any power consuming circuits that cant be switched off
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I also have had the bilge cycling on and off drain my starting battery. I installed a cutoff switch to the main battery...now it's all off when I'm done for the day.
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