Date:         Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:12:54 -0600
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Radio Rap...friday
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>  First, to add to a recent thread about radios and wiring them in:  My Sony
> unit, when wired into my vehicle battery...it would take the battery down
> in about 5 days from a full charge/excellent battery.  A standard new NAPA
> battery would simply not start the van after that time, without it being
> run in the interim.   I added a toggle switch to kill the power to the
> radio when it's not in use and all is good now.

Why not just switch the radio off?  That's what I do.  It does not run my battery down that way.  Now, having learned a long time ago that batteries do discharge over time whether any draw is hooked to them or not, I do run my van occasionally to keep it up.  Procrastination has kept me from getting a solar charger to keep it up.  Got to do that.  But it won't help much when we have day on day of gray weather.  mcneely