On our old cars, turning the ignition off should be the same as
disconnecting the battery,
unless one has added a clock or a modern radio. (Or the wiring has developed
a high
resistance short somewhere on a "hot" line.)
Modern cars have all sorts of computerized gizmos that never completely turn
off,
they just go to a low power mode. Your modern radio alone will draw 1 to 5
mA.
Of course this small current will take a long, long time to run the battery
down, but
then most new cars aren't put into storage for the winter.
Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@home.com
52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
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From: "Tim Economu" <economu@whidbey.com>
To: <bleckstein@mail.monmouth.com>
Cc: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 11:25 PM
Subject: winter storage
> The simplest and IMHO best way is to just disconnect the battery. Forget
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