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Subject:Re: FYI Satellite Radio Users
From:jimt
Date:Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:23:04 -0700

On 2/12/05 7:34 PM, "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM> wrote:

> Seems my wife left the Sirius/Audiovox head on after bringing my daughter home
> from school on Thursday. Got in Friday afternoon (about 28 hours later) and
> the battery was down far enough that it wouldn't crank the engine. This is a
> strong battery and a good charging system and there was no other drain that I
> could find. Fortunately it happened in the driveway.
> It may seem like a common sense thing that should go without saying, but I can
> easily see somebody doing the same thing out on a trip, say, and getting
> stuck, so there's yer heads up.
> 
> Cya,
> Robert
> 
> 
Move it to a circuit that is on the switched side of the ignition rather
than always hot.

It still shouldn�t have drained it that much though. Do you have an amp or
is the radio also triggered by the sirius head?

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