This is a 'portable' setup, plugs into the cigar lighter. She normally
sticks the head in her purse when we're not using it. Seems to me it's a lot
simpler to remember to turn the damn thing off or unplug it than rewiring
anything, but you know how that goes.
I wouldn't have thought it would have drained it that much either, which is
why I posted about it. I haven't had any other issues with the system and
didn't find any.
The head gets quite warm- my wife had read about that before we got it and
supposedly it's normal. I'm going to check into it further, but if it is
normal for it to generate that kind of heat then it must be a pretty strong
draw.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "jimt" <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: FYI Satellite Radio Users

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?

........................................
jimt
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