I've got 80AH, but the CO2 & gas sensors, plus the radio memory draw
about 50mA. I put the battery on a Battery Tender
(http://www.batterytender.com/Automotive/Battery-Tender-Junior-12V-0-75A.html)
after about a week. I wired in a connector to make it easy.
Jon

On 5/26/2015 5:59 AM, Ryan Perry wrote:
> How long do you leave the van sitting at a time? So mine doesn't cut it off
> completely, the clock is still correct but it certainly gets turned off.
> But I also keep my aux connected to a trickle charger most every time the
> van is parked. You might want to consider that. Also, you could put a
> switch to the hot lead to the radio and kill it completely if you don't
> want to charge the battery. Your clock would be wrong and you would lose
> stuff like BlueTooth pairings.
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 7:34 AM Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ryan,
>> I also have that GOWESTY switch installed but the aux. batteries slowly
>> still get depleted over time. The switch works and the radio still has
>> memory so I suspect it's getting power from the aux system. Possibly I
>> should just go with it the way it is. The drain down is ever so slight. My
>> Monday thought.
>>
>>
>> Dennis Jowell
>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>> Newbury, Vermont
>>
>>
>> On May 25, 2015, at 7:08 AM, Ryan Perry <rjdperry@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> GoWesty also sells a radio switch kit. I like it, lets you flip the switch
>> to turn radio on with key or always on. You could probably do it yourself
>> if you are smarter than me. It taps into the wiring in the steering column
>> then to switch, from switch it goes to always on power and remote power.  I
>> put mine under the bottom lip of the dash and made it so the switch flipped
>> towards steering column is on with keys, flip towards radio is always on.
>>
>> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23361
>>
>> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 6:23 AM Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Trying to figure it how to rewire the radio to be shut completely off
>>> when I want it off. Add toggle switch somewhere in line ? I have the
>>> GOWESTY aux. kit installed. I'll get this battery setup done somehow.
>>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>
>>> Dennis Jowell
>>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>>> Newbury, Vermont
>>>
>>>
>>>> On May 8, 2015, at 6:43 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         Denis, the radio could be the culprit.  I’ve seen some of these
>>> new fancy radios that draw a lot of power just for the faceplate even
>>> though the radio is off.  It’s like your new TVs, you turn it off, but
>>> really it is not off but constantly using power to keep the processors
>>> alive so it does not take a long time to boot up when YOU turn it on.
>>>>
>>>>> On May 7, 2015, at 3:06 PM, Automatic digest processor <
>>> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
>>>>> I'll check it out when I get back to my farm. I have a good meter.
>>> Maybe
>>>>> the radio pulling in the power.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Frank Condelli
>>>> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
>>>> '87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki 250 Sherpa, "98 Ducati 750 Monster & Lionel
>>> Trains (Collection for sale <http://frankcondelli.com/trainsal.htm>)
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>>> Almonte, ON, June 04 ~07, 2015
>>>