Cutting power to the BCM
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Cutting power to the BCM
Hey Guys,
I'm running a c5 chassis in an older car (Intro post) and I'm utilizing the BCM for a few functions. My issue is that the car stays "awake" for a long period of time after I shut it off. I'm assuming that's because its looking for a signal to go to sleep like the drivers door opening and closing or something similar. Since I'm not using the door switches or the key fob I don't have anyway of telling it that it can go to sleep so it ends up draining a lot of battery. My thought was to put a switch inline with the BCM's power wire and just manually killing it but I'm concerned about what cutting power suddenly and repeatedly would do. Anyone have thoughts on this?
I'm running a c5 chassis in an older car (Intro post) and I'm utilizing the BCM for a few functions. My issue is that the car stays "awake" for a long period of time after I shut it off. I'm assuming that's because its looking for a signal to go to sleep like the drivers door opening and closing or something similar. Since I'm not using the door switches or the key fob I don't have anyway of telling it that it can go to sleep so it ends up draining a lot of battery. My thought was to put a switch inline with the BCM's power wire and just manually killing it but I'm concerned about what cutting power suddenly and repeatedly would do. Anyone have thoughts on this?
