an I pod wont drain your battery, I leave my radar dector on all night sometimes and car starts fine, I wish there was a way to make the power outlets turn on and off with the ignition. In my 07 nitro you can move a fuse to have it always on or turn on and off with the car. Oh and that amp I talked about in my prev post may say its a 1000 watts but in reality to the spec sheet its a 4 channel running 80x4 or 250 bridged so Im just running 80x2 and Im not even pulling anough power to make the headlights blink.lol