Only a guess, but an educated guess, would be that a tired starter is
drawing a lot of current - enough to starve the radio into silence.

I'm having some problems with a non-starter, and noticed the radio
shutting down on ignition, too.  Any electrical genii on the list care
to comment?

Karl Wolz

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Most likely the radio is just responding to the voltage drop of the battery
> while cranking the engine. If it is a good, high power radio and you just
> hooked it up to the original wiring it is not adequate anyway.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jeff Lincoln
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:18 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: '90 Carat - Radio turns off and back on when starting the van
>
> Hey gang. The radio in Grover has started turning off and then back on if it
> is on when I start the bus up. Now everything seems to be working fine but
> this is new behavior. Is this a sign of pending electrical doom? I'm not
> sure what to make of it.
>
> Any and all advice is appreciated and I thank you in advance.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '90 Carat (Grover)
> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>
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