Would two alarm LED's significantly drain battery?
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Would two alarm LED's significantly drain battery?
I have the factory RS 3000 alarm with the flashing LED status monitor in a 1998 4Runner. I recently upgraded the radio trim piece from a later model which also includes an alarm LED. My question is would having two flashing LED's drain the battery say if the vehicle wasn't driven during a two week vacation. I'm no expert on car electrics and apologise if this is a dumbo question.
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I wouldn't worry about it.
LEDs are used because they draw a miniscule amount of power to operate. I would be willing to bet that you couldn't drain a good car battery down with two LED's in two years. You'll be fine.
Now, that is assuming that you have nothing else in the alarm drawing power. As long as its just the LED's, you'll be fine.
LEDs are used because they draw a miniscule amount of power to operate. I would be willing to bet that you couldn't drain a good car battery down with two LED's in two years. You'll be fine.
Now, that is assuming that you have nothing else in the alarm drawing power. As long as its just the LED's, you'll be fine.
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I have the factory RS 3000 alarm with the flashing LED status monitor in a 1998 4Runner. I recently upgraded the radio trim piece from a later model which also includes an alarm LED. My question is would having two flashing LED's drain the battery say if the vehicle wasn't driven during a two week vacation. I'm no expert on car electrics and apologise if this is a dumbo question.
best of luck, and enjoy your vacation!
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All academic as I plugged the original LED back in and the new one on the console stopped working. I can only assume that the alarm ECU can only send a pulsed signal strong enough for one LED??
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That is a posibility though it may be that the box is only looking to flash one led. are these leds wired in series or parallel? in series the resistance of the first led is taking all the signal power. If they were in parallel they both might flash but at a slower rate.
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That is a posibility though it may be that the box is only looking to flash one led. are these leds wired in series or parallel? in series the resistance of the first led is taking all the signal power. If they were in parallel they both might flash but at a slower rate.
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