Subj : Re: useless, but fun things S43E123
To   : Blue White
From : Spectre
Date : Sun May 05 2024 11:21:00

 BW>  > Any car I've coded requires that the engine be on. It gets enough
 BW>  > power at rest to light the display, but it won't read anything
 BW>  > until the engine is on.

 BW> +1.  Pretty sure the engine needed to be on for any car I have

You'd have to think for the small amount of current it might draw, that it'd
be more an idictment of the battery state, or very infrequent driving.  If it
really worried someone, you could always bang a relay into the ignition power
and loop the OBD power through it.

Spec


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