I also had enough draw from my stereo that it was draining my aux batt over
time.  noticeable if the van sat for a couple weeks.  I never checked with
the faceplate off because I definitely do not want to have to fuss with
that every time I park the van.  The stereo does have a remote.  I wanted
to be able to use the stereo with the key off, such as when camping so I
connected the wire that is supposed to go to the key circuit directly to
the aux battery circuit.  I changed that to run through an extra rear
defogger switch I have in the instrument cluster in one of the blank
spots.

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Richard Smith <richard_smith@gnwc.ca>
wrote:

> My brother has this problem with his: the faceplate on his stereo has a
> significant draw (electro luminescent, not LED/LCD), and whoever installed
> it didn¹t use the ³two 12v leads, one of which is switched with the key²
> option that most stereos permit. So, what he has to do is remember to
> remove the face of the stereo every time he gets out of the van. My van is
> wired so the stereo is switched with the key (but gets power from the
> system when the key is off to hold the station memory and clock), and so I
> don¹t have this problem.
>
>
> On 2015-05-07, 8:30 AM, "Neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> >I agree with stereo unit draw.
> >
> >1 Amp / 24 = .042
> >So:
> >0.042 Amp per hour?
> >
> >
> >On 5/7/15, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> .... all power to the
> >> fridge, solar panel setup are not connected yet. The problem that is
> >> happening is the batteries are being depleted of power continuously. The
> >> first 24 hrs it dropped from 12.9 to 11.9 amps.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Neil n
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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