[tcb] Re: New radio= dead battery?
- From: Duncan <whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 11:29:27 -0500
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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