[tcb] Re: New radio= dead battery?

  • From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 11:33:40 -0500

That could be true as well.
I would take your battery to your local shop and have it tested.
Batteries dont line to get drained down too low.
To remedy the backlit radio issue, you could put a toggle on the radio power 
line.  That would allow to turn it off completely but you would lose your radio 
presets and clock time.

On May 30, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Duncan <whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> And the radio will always have a led light lite unless you pull the radio 
> out. This is not likely to be the cause of your problem.  More likely just 
> time for a new battery, especially with the heat we've been experiencing.
> 
> Sent almost from, but not quite, somewhere else on this iPad.
> 
> On May 30, 2012, at 11:14 AM, Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> In a Vanagon the radio is on constant power, not on the ignition switch.
>> The reason why it works when the van won't start is because your radio needs 
>> a lot less power to run than the vane needs to start.
>> Easy fix.  Turn the radio off when you park the van.
>> 
>> On May 30, 2012, at 10:48 AM, photofreakk@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> 
>>> Hey All,
>>> 
>>> I have a question:  Why is my new radio always "lit up" even when turned 
>>> off and ignition is off also? And after 2wks (from installation of radio), 
>>> now my battery is dead, even though I started it several times including 
>>> for 10minutes the day it "died"?
>>> 
>>> So if the radio maybe drained my battery-Why does my radio still work and 
>>> have power, even this morning?!? 
>>> 
>>> I am a newbie and looking @ my Bentley guide, but why doesn't it show 1985 
>>> wiring? Do I just look at the 1983 wiring on 97.20/97.21??  (I obviously 
>>> didn't do the install - I paid the previous owner to do it and he had done 
>>> several but is on the road to Grandcanyon as we speak to ask him)  
>>> 
>>> It is a 1985 Westy vanagon GL 1.9 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sarah in Tx
>>> 1985 Westy vanagon GL 1.9 "Lennon"
>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 

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