buddy club condser

[05Mazda3sp23]

hey could use a little input for the buddy club condenser or (bc condenser) so hooked it up and stays light up, is that normal? and would that drain my battery

Thanks

 

[Gibbsinator]

Have you tried emailing them? I don't know about them so I can't answer.

 

[05Mazda3sp23]

ya, well it just stays light which im starting to think it is meant to... im just worried the battery would drain...

 

[Gibbsinator]

I would be too...

 

[05Mazda3sp23]

Can any1 using a BC condenser shine some light on this

 

[05Mazda3sp23]

Got the email back from tom at Buddy Club and said that is always on after hooked up and that draws less than a car alarm so it will not drain the battery

 

[Gibbsinator]

Cool to hear, I wonder if I leave my bluetooth ODB2 adapter plugged in if it will...

 

[Magus]

I would say the buddy club condser has an led bulb and they use very little if any power. Heck you can power one off a 9 volt battery. Now the OBDII bluetooth scanner if different. It takes lot more power to run a bluetooth transmitter, thus why a lot of smart phones have battery issues and have to turn it off.

 

[Bmies]

but in saying that, our OBD ports are only powered when the car is in the on position with the key turned. I had a bluetooth OBD transmitter for my old tablet datalogger, And i left it plugged in 24/7