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Date:         Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:38:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Brien Dews <vwvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Brien Dews <vwvanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: FYI Satellite Radio Users
Comments: To: Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com>
In-Reply-To:  <001501c51185$6f6e0150$657ba8c0@MAIN>
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I have 3 of these units now (all free, thankyou caverat). One permanently mounted in my westy, a portable for my other vehicles and a portable for work and home. The portables do seem to get warm. I have left them on for a few hours accidentally but have not had the misfortune of draining the battery.

Brien www.busesbythwebeach.com

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:35:24 -0800, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote: > This is a 'portable' setup, plugs into the cigar lighter. She normally > sticks the head in her purse when we're not using it. Seems to me it's a lot > simpler to remember to turn the damn thing off or unplug it than rewiring > anything, but you know how that goes. > I wouldn't have thought it would have drained it that much either, which is > why I posted about it. I haven't had any other issues with the system and > didn't find any. > The head gets quite warm- my wife had read about that before we got it and > supposedly it's normal. I'm going to check into it further, but if it is > normal for it to generate that kind of heat then it must be a pretty strong > draw. > > Cya, > Robert > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jimt" <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: FYI Satellite Radio Users > > On 2/12/05 7:34 PM, "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM> wrote: > > > Seems my wife left the Sirius/Audiovox head on after bringing my daughter > > home > > from school on Thursday. Got in Friday afternoon (about 28 hours later) > > and > > the battery was down far enough that it wouldn't crank the engine. This is > > a > > strong battery and a good charging system and there was no other drain > > that I > > could find. Fortunately it happened in the driveway. > > It may seem like a common sense thing that should go without saying, but I > > can > > easily see somebody doing the same thing out on a trip, say, and getting > > stuck, so there's yer heads up. > > > > Cya, > > Robert > > > > > Move it to a circuit that is on the switched side of the ignition rather > than always hot. > > It still shouldnąt have drained it that much though. Do you have an amp or > is the radio also triggered by the sirius head? > > ........................................ > jimt > Planned insanity is best. > Remember that sanity is optional. > http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info) > http://www.westydriver.com >


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