nissanfreak

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Hello guys I finally got around to installing my 06 pathfinder radio this weekend. And like everyone says to do, I jumped the K and D wires together. However after doing this its like my battery gets drained. At first I thought it was the battery so I changed it and used another battery from my other car. And this morning when I went to crank up my car my battery was dead again. Has anyone else had this problem after doing this install? Thanks in advance!

pmohr

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Have you done a parasitic drain test yet?

What are the wire colors you spliced together? Are you sure you didn't connect the constant B+ wire to the amp turn on, instead of a switched B+?

nissanfreak

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If your looking into the back of the radio, I connected the top right of the right plug to the top left with the left plug using a piece of wire. The wire colors were blue and green/white. Any ideas?

pmohr

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You should fill out your profile, had to search through 2 or 3 pages of your threads just to find out you have a '99. Only takes a few seconds to fill out, and it helps others help you.

Looks like that's wired properly.

Again, parasitic drain test?

nissanfreak

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Ok I will. I wonder if a 99 SE-Limited would be wired any differently? How do I do a parasitic drain test?

pmohr

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Extremely unlikely.

http://www.wikihow.com/Find-a-Parasitic-Battery-Drain

nissanfreak

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I guess whats weird is that all this started after I installed the radio.

nissanfreak

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Ok I figured it out. It turns out that my battery terminals were so corroded that I wasnt getting a good connection with my battery. I think im going to get an optima dry cell battery so that I dont have to worry about corrosion anymore

Ringo1965

Kind of strange that you did not notice the corrosion, when you swapped out the battery from your other car

new maxi owner

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why spend 150$ on a optima yellow top, when you can just spend 2.50$ on a box of baking soda mix it with water and dump it on the terminals, and clean em.

96WhiteMaxima

Or even cheaper, $1 for a can of coke, clean and refreshing.