Pardon my ignorance on this one,the first owner had a tracker contract which I never renewed obviously still fitted somewhere. Does this mean it still draws from the battery or only activated power wise when you have a contract. Not really into electrckery.or trackers. Em
Yes, unfortunately, that is the case with most trackers. The brain will draw power constantly, so that it can send an alert to the monitoring station if it believes there has been an attempted theft. The subscription element, is the annual renewal (some companies do longer contracts), and only means the company will notify you if the vehicle has an alert.
It is a relatively common issue with modern classics. A lot of insurance companies made them a requirement when these cars were new; however, as the requirement lapsed, these vehicles were left with inert trackers. These boxes still draw power from the battery but are of no use because the contract had been defunct for a long period of time - and in a few cases, are either old tech so the contract can't be renewed or, in a few cases, the company that supplied them are no longer in business.
Think of the 'brain' as a security guard sitting in your vehicle, taking a pay cheque (the power from the battery) but not reporting to anyone because they have no one to report to.
