[tcb] Re: New radio= dead battery?
- From: photofreakk@xxxxxxxxx
- To: "Tcb" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 16:38:17 +0000
Oh my, do I feel stupid-i just did this (try holding Down the Off button on
radio for 3seconds plus....) as a vanagon listmember suggested, and it then
completely shut off........wow, now I don't have to rewire everything! :-)
super happy, but feel super stupid.
Thanks everyone.......I guess it took 2wks for me to drain my own battery,
Sarah
1985 Westy vanagon 1.9 "Lennon"
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 11:33:40
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [tcb] Re: New radio= dead battery?
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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