# Car stereo parasitic battery draw

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stereo-parasitic-battery-draw/88977>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** batteries\
**Created:** [February 9, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stereo-parasitic-battery-draw/88977 "2015-02-09T02:55:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stereo-parasitic-battery-draw/88977/2 "2015-02-09T03:01:04Z")

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What’s probably happening is the stereo isn’t going to sleep once the vehicle is shut off causing the current draw.

A new stereo fill fix that.

Tester

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