http://www.batterytender.com/Automotive/Battery-Tender-Junior-12V-0-75A.html)
> after about a week. I wired in a connector to make it easy.
> Jon
>
>> On 5/26/2015 5:59 AM, Ryan Perry wrote:
>> How long do you leave the van sitting at a time? So mine doesn't cut it off
>> completely, the clock is still correct but it certainly gets turned off.
>> But I also keep my aux connected to a trickle charger most every time the
>> van is parked. You might want to consider that. Also, you could put a
>> switch to the hot lead to the radio and kill it completely if you don't
>> want to charge the battery. Your clock would be wrong and you would lose
>> stuff like BlueTooth pairings.
>>
>> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 7:34 AM Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ryan,
>>> I also have that GOWESTY switch installed but the aux. batteries slowly
>>> still get depleted over time. The switch works and the radio still has
>>> memory so I suspect it's getting power from the aux system. Possibly I
>>> should just go with it the way it is. The drain down is ever so slight. My
>>> Monday thought.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dennis Jowell
>>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>>> Newbury, Vermont
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 25, 2015, at 7:08 AM, Ryan Perry <rjdperry@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> GoWesty also sells a radio switch kit. I like it, lets you flip the switch
>>> to turn radio on with key or always on. You could probably do it yourself
>>> if you are smarter than me. It taps into the wiring in the steering column
>>> then to switch, from switch it goes to always on power and remote power. I
>>> put mine under the bottom lip of the dash and made it so the switch flipped
>>> towards steering column is on with keys, flip towards radio is always on.
>>>
>>> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23361
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 6:23 AM Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Trying to figure it how to rewire the radio to be shut completely off
>>>> when I want it off. Add toggle switch somewhere in line ? I have the
>>>> GOWESTY aux. kit installed. I'll get this battery setup done somehow.
>>>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> Dennis Jowell
>>>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>>>> Newbury, Vermont
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 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
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>>>>