+1
I agree with Karl. The digital clock won't kill the battery. All my vans
have digital clock and some of them were for about 6 months or more and had
no problem with the battery.

So if there's a problem with a weak/bad battery when parked then there's
something else to look at.

On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 10:26 AM Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@westyventures.com>
wrote:

> The digital clock in the '86-on won't kill a battery quickly. Never had an
> issue
> in the past.
> I do have the issue with my Ducati (analog clock) if I forget to
> disconnect the
> battery after a ride and not ride again for a month or so, the battery is
> dead.
>
>
> On Sun, 9 May 2021 08:16:26 -0400, Geoffrey Toye <geoffreytoye@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
> >Karl,
> >
> >The first winter after I bought my '81 westy I was having trouble keeping
> >the main battery charged when the van was not being used.  I disconnected
> >the battery and found that the parasitic draw was from the clock. The draw
> >was enough to completely drain the battery in four weeks.  So now I keep a
> >battery maintainer on it in the winter.
> >
>