I agree that IS stupid...

Confessidly I never would have thought of that...


RG wrote:
wrote in message
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a lot of confussion on "red" wire.

interesting to know that your radio would draw .5a while off. that's
wierd!

I suspect the .5 amp draw had more to do with being in standby mode waiting
for an IR command from the remote than it did with holding the memory
presets. Sort of like what your TV draws when it's turned off but waiting
for an IR command from the remote. But since the standby mode was the only
"off" mode that existed, there was no way to really tell. The stereo was a
recent vintage Alpine unit. But the .5 amp was definitely real. Half amp
showing on the digital VOM with the stereo connected and 0 amps when you
remove the inline fuse. I couldn't believe it either, so I called Alpine
tech support just to see if maybe mine was defective, and they confirmed
that the half amp draw was about right. Not a big deal in a car that gets
started every day. But for a boat on the trailer, that's 12 amp-hours a
day, 84 amp-hours per week!. Pretty stupid, really.