I have my stereo wired to my aux battery and hooked up to a dash switch.
It also draws about 1/3 amp through that circuit even when off.  Do the
math but I think that would be about 55 Ah per week.  You must have had
units that draw very little or nothing on that circuit when turned off.
Edward

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>wrote:

> I have never in the entire time I've owned any vehicle with unswitched
> power had any problems
> with starting.   You guys must run with weak batteries.....
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 6:03 PM, John Anderson <wvukidsdoc@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > You are missing nothing Art, in fact you will find unswitched power
> behind
> > the dash, check out a Bentley if you don't want to run a wire.  The only
> > thing you are missing is the number of times you are going to need to
> jump
> > your car in the following year before you truely learn to turn off the
> > radio.  Not being funny, it will happen, be prepared.  Otherwise a fine
> > idea.
> > John Anderson
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: Art awa0330@GMAIL.COM
> >
> > my radio in my '86 Vanagon Westy.  I plan on wiring it
> > directly to the battery so that it will operate without the ignition or
> key
> > in the slot. Isn't this simpler, except for the obvious downside, which
> is
> > that I'll need to remember to actually turn on and off the radio by
> > depressing the on/off button? Am I missing something?
> >
> > Art
> >
>