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Reply With QuoteIsn't the ACC line kill and the master power kill redundent? Unless you have something you want to keep trickle-powered.
Hey all. I'd like your thoughts on what I've done.
With the addition of the USB volume wheel (Griffen PowerMate, great toy!), I began thinking about some problems. For instance, I'm in Miami, where even the movie theaters have valet parking. I dont want some valet screwing around with my system. And then there's the vacation problem. If I'm away for a week, I dont want to come back to a dead battery.
Solution: Switches galore.
I have 3, 2 of which are up front in the dash and a third in the trunk by the computer. Of the two in the dash, one kills the power to the lilliput, which is good in case of the occassional ghosting. The other in-dash switch interrupts the ACC/IGN line going back to the computer. So if that switch is off, the computer thinks the car is off. So when I roll up to a valet, I kill that switch and the computer turns off and stays off even if the car is shut off and then restarted, it stays off until you flip it back on.
The last switch in the trunk is a master power kill, it interrupts the line from the battery to the opus. If I'm going on vacation, go to the trunk and kill it. That way there is no trickle-drain over time!
Thoughts?
Oh, and some details. I use the OPUS 150, EPIA m10000, 3.5" 7200 RPM 120G harddrive, lilliput 7", Griffen PowerMate. That's it for now, but I will be getting the usual bells & whistles, GPS, bluetooth, etc.
Isn't the ACC line kill and the master power kill redundent? Unless you have something you want to keep trickle-powered.
If I kill the ACC line, the USB devices still get power. And I'd rather kill everything if I'm going to be away for that long.
Sure. I wasn't questioning the master kill, but the ACC kill. Why not just use the master kill for valet?
i was thinking of something similar but using stealth hidden q-touch buttons and an ic combonation lock. I could lock my computer out via a 4 digit sequence using buttons that were invisible.
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i like the idea of a bigass switch the size of my pinky in the trunk better.
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The main power kill in the trunk is kind of a pain to get to if I'm just running in somewhere and handing the keys to teh valet. The ACC switch is simple to do, and even if I forget when I start driving, it's right there. And I couldn't put the big pinky-sized switch in the dash [easily] because it is controlling much more power and needs to be bigger.
You can get a mod for the power supply so that it kills the standby like the 90W. Contact Opus for more info, I believe it's 20-30$ to get it done. That would free you from the "pain".Originally Posted by maxxell
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I believe it's 20-30$ to get it done. That would free you from the "pain".
Plus all shipping costs !!
Or can we make the Mod ??
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