Date:         Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:36:35 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Battery recharge and stereo
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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At 10:59 PM 2/23/2009, Kim Brennan wrote...
>Why you wire it that way? And the Vanagon DOES have a switched wiring
>circuit. It's the X circuit as shown in the wiring diagrams.

Uh, no, that's not what's needed. There is no accessory position for
the key, so the "X" circuit comes on IFF the key is turned to the ON
position, which is bad for the ignition (if the car isn't running), and
draws more power than necessary (because it's powering thing which
don't need to be on, like the ignition).

Additionally, nothing should ever be powered directly from the "X"
circuit. If you do want to draw power from a source which is similarly
switched, it should be through the load reduction relay (which the X
circuit controls). That's why it's there.