'vacuum florescent' ? - new one on me.
what I like to do is get an old heated rear wiper switch, or whatever, and
install it in the blank switch position to the right of the speedo and
tack...........
and use it as a true on/off switch, for stereos  that would really rather
have an accessory position on the ignition switch, which vanagons lack of
course.

having two batteries and the stereo wired to the aux/non-starting battery
helps too of course.   No stereo drain can affect the starting battery that
way.
I don't like current drain when things are supposed to be 'really off' very
much. I don't know what the digital clock draws, but it can't be much.
Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: stereo power comsumption

> At 10:41 PM 5/20/2009, Richard A Jones wrote:
>>OFF                     0.35 <--------  !!
>
> You have to look in the manual and find out how to turn it off so
> that the vacuum-fluorescent display shuts off.  Unlike an LCD display
> it's a power hog.
>
>
>  --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
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