Date:         Sun, 10 May 2015 17:12:28 -0400
Reply-To:     george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Aux battery hookup
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What Frank Condelli said:

  Remove the loads, fully charge the batteries and go from there.

My previous radio pulled a third of an amp constantly _even with its face
plate removed_ and I wanted to keep it operational with the keys out, so I
wired it through an unused rear window defogger switch that I had lying
around and stuck it into the  blank spot on the bottom right of the switch
console.

George/ATL
'89 Westy
'67 Kombi

On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 6:43 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote:

>         Denis, the radio could be the culprit.  I’ve seen some of these
> new fancy radios that draw a lot of power just for the faceplate even
> though the radio is off.  It’s like your new TVs, you turn it off, but
> really it is not off but constantly using power to keep the processors
> alive so it does not take a long time to boot up when YOU turn it on.
>
>
> > On May 7, 2015, at 3:06 PM, Automatic digest processor <
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
> >
> > I'll check it out when I get back to my farm. I have a good meter. Maybe
> > the radio pulling in the power.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> '87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki 250 Sherpa, "98 Ducati 750 Monster & Lionel
> Trains (Collection for sale <http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm>)
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> ON, June 04 ~07, 2015
>