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 >>> >>> >> >