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Date:         Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:34:34 -0500
Reply-To:     george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Radio Rap...friday
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
In-Reply-To:  <54596BC9-A239-4637-A6A1-21774099939A@shaw.ca>
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>> Some head units suck power even with it turned off. I found that taking the face plate off mine reduced current draw form something like 80-100 mA to around 25 mA. It is crazy I know, for the buggers to suck power like that, but so it goes. <<




   That's how mine is- EXCEPT:


   Damn Dual was still a power suck even with the face plate removed,
so I put a switch into the main power lead and left the memory lead on
its always hot supply line.  Problem resolved.


Geo/ATL
in Williamsburg, VA
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