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
>>>>>>>> '87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki 250 Sherpa, "98 Ducati 750 Monster & Lionel
>>>>>>> Trains (Collection for sale <http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm>)
>>>>>>>> Frank Condelli & Associates <http://www.frankcondelli.com/> -
>>>>>>> Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
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>>>>>>> Almonte, ON, June 04 ~07, 2015
>>>>>>>