I've got to see if my stereo face plate does come off, then I'll keep checking the battery for constant draw down. So far the 3 -22amp batteries  are at 12.3 after charging for 24 hrs. 

Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm
Newbury, Vermont 

> On May 8, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
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