Ulix, and anyone else wanting a modern radio in a pos earth car! Get a
12V relay from Radio Shack, or wherever, and have it activated by the
ignition switch. Run the + lead that operates the radio and
display through the relay's normally open contacts to earth. Run the
other + lead (for the memory and clock) directly to earth, and the - lead
to unswitched - (fuse protected, of course).
Len Bugel '50 TD
On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, U. Goettsch wrote:
>
> Opportunity to learn from my mistake:
> I put a digitaly tuned radio (with station presets) in my pos-gnd Sprite
> (hidden out of sight). Normally you have two distinct +leads, one
> switched with the ignition key for radio operation, and one permanent +,
> so that the radio remembers the station presets and the time (built in
> clock). I hooked up both leads to permanent +, and the other lead to
> permanent -. Amazingly, the display,
> which is then always on, showing the clock, uses so much juice that after
> 1 or 2 weeks of not driving, the battery (new) is dead.
> I then had to connect the (-) lead to switched (-). Now of course, every
> time I turn the ignition off the radio forgets what station I was
> listening to!
>
> Moral: Buy an old-fashioned mechanical radio! No presets, but at least
> when you turn the key, you'll hear your favorite station rather than
> "ssshhhhhhhhh" or whatever they have on 87.5 in your area =:-)
>
> Ulix
>
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