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Rewire radio to leisure
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:57 pm
by mayk19
A day of many questions from me, had a longer list after the first hols but I can't remember all of them yet !
Is it a big job to rewire radio to leisure battery ?
TYIA.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:00 pm
by Veg_Ian
Depends on what power pickups (fuses) have been provided as part of your leisure battery setup. It's just a case of transferring the live source for the radio to the leisure battery live but it should be earthed. Why not transfer a number of functions to the leisure battery in one fell swoop by rerouting the fusebox feed? Details can be found by doing a search. May even be a factsheet.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:02 pm
by mayk19
thanks Ian, that sounds like a usefull little project
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:08 pm
by Veg_Ian
but it should be earthed.
Doh - I meant fused not earthed!!
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:36 pm
by haydn callow
Thats what I did.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:25 pm
by daveblueozzie
i re-routed the ciggy socket and the internal lights to leisure battery and found my radiio must have been on one of these circuits so a bonus for me.
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:03 pm
by pippin
My very early post with full details on how to rewire various auxiliaries to the leisure battery is still the classic on the subject.
I will let you do the SEARCH to find it - 'cos I haven't a clue where it is after all this time!
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:46 am
by bigdaddycain
I couldn't find it either pip,but i do remember it...
Speaking of radio's wired to L/B's...
My head unit is wired to the leisure battery too,i have just fitted some "7x10" speakers in the rear of my bongo,a new head unit, and a 2 channell amp powering a 12" subwoofer.
I thought i'd be clever though
The way i saw it was,the last thing that anybody wants when camping is the boom,boom of a sub
So i connected the amp to the starter battery, me thinking that the amp would power down when ignition is off,leaving the radio to happily tinkle away whilst overnighting,disturbing no-body.
To my utter suprise the amp remained on with ignition OFF!
I was stood there for over 20 minutes scratching my head before i realised that the head unit's remote cable was telling the amp that a signal was still being received,and the small fact that the amp is directly linked to the starter battery (with 3 inline fuses) and bypasses the ignition entirely!
DOH!