At 08:25 PM 2/23/2009, Loren Busch wrote...
>Mike the point I was trying to make is that at least in my rig the
>radio is wired to an 'always hot' wire.  I turn it on or off from
>the  living space with the remote at will, no key needed and no cutout
>switch because I've not had it pull down the battery.

It should be obvious that not all radios are like that, or the message
which started this thread wouldn't have been posted. Some will draw
significant power anytime the "switched" lead is powered. It's not
simply a matter of the radio being "properly wired," as you claimed,
since for many that implies being able to turn it on with the ignition
off - a non-obvious, non-trivial matter.

I hope that makes it clearer for you, so you're no longer "puzzled by
this thread and others like it in the past."