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Leaving phone dock plugged into cigarette lighter. Drains battery when car is off?

  • 24-09-2011 9:50pm
    #1
    Driver2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭


    Just wondering if a phone dock (has charger, bluetooth, etc.) in the cigarette lighter can drain a car battery when the car is off.

    The phone stops charging and the power light on the dock goes off when the car is fully turned off, so it looks like it uses no power at all. Can the battery still be slowly drained by just leaving it plugged in because the contacts in the lighter outlet are still touching?

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    Cill Dara Abu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,851 ✭✭✭Cill Dara Abu


    No


  • #3
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,642 ✭✭✭cml387


    It depends whether the cigar lighter is live when the ignition is off.
    And how long it's left .
    But in general,no.


  • #4
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,642 ✭✭✭cml387


    I just noticed that when I posted that,both Cill Dara and I had the same post count.Do we win a prize?


  • #5
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    cml387 wrote: »
    I just noticed that when I posted that,both Cill Dara and I had the same post count.Do we win a prize?
    No


  • #6
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    My charger stays active when I turn off the car.


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  • #7
    barura
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,504 ✭✭✭barura


    gpf101 wrote: »
    My charger stays active when I turn off the car.
    Same with mine. Here's a way of checking. Turn off the engine. Take out key from ignition. Is the charger still charging your device? If not, then the answer is no.

    Only way to check!


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