Cars - For Car Enthusiasts

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Karr security system was pulling 2.0A from my battery, causing it to die overnight. A Karr-ectomy was successfully performed today (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

24 watts is quite a lot of continuous power for a small device with no airflow or other cooling. What on earth was it doing, besides cooking itself?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Theoretically tracking my car if it had been stolen, if I had paid for the subscription, that is. Supposed to also have a glass break sensor and interrupt the starter in cases of break in, but I've heard these functions are less than reliable.