Date:         Wed, 30 May 2012 13:16:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: New radio= dead battery?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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What about replacing the stupid buzzer with a relay?  I assume the switch is
up to powering a relay.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
David Beierl
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 11:25 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: New radio= dead battery?

At 01:32 PM 5/30/2012, David_Vickery wrote:
>one of the nice mods people do is to wire the radio to the key-in
>position.  that way radio will work w/o the engine running but won't
>drain the battery when van is parked.  I haven't done it but it is
>simple. Sarah Kieschnick

I'd suggest a relay if you do that.  I've been inside that switch and it's
definitely not made for carrying any real load.  It's a pretty nasty kluge,
in fact.  I don't think I'd trust it even with an amp.  The rest of the
ignition switch may be too light, but it's well designed.

Yours,
David