Had electric arial fitted and it drained the battery...

Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:55 pm

BUT only if I leave the stereo face on. If I take it off (I assume this breaks the circuit) then no probs, battery still has charge.

Only found out by chance, dont leave it in the car over night normally.

Any ideas on how to stop it!

Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:58 pm

How do you know its the aerial? Does the aerial stay up when you turn the ignition off

Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:02 pm

this happened to me but it was not the arial, it was the radio ( a sony) which i left on standby

Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:04 pm

DaveD wrote:this happened to me but it was not the arial, it was the radio ( a sony) which i left on standby

Was it wired up on the constant power and not switched?

Post Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:31 pm

massive wrote:
DaveD wrote:this happened to me but it was not the arial, it was the radio ( a sony) which i left on standby
Was it wired up on the constant power and not switched?

yes, otherwise you lost the settings...I found that it was possible to switch it off completely by pressing the remote off for several seconds

Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:23 am

How do you know its the aerial?

Its the only thing I have changed, it was manual before.

massive wrote:
DaveD wrote:
this happened to me but it was not the arial, it was the radio ( a sony) which i left on standby

Was it wired up on the constant power and not switched?

When fitted the wire was not right (dont ask me what) I did not turn the stereo off to be fair, I just took the face off and took the keys out of the ignition. Could weel be that I do need to turn it off from the stereo but it is not something I have been playing with - having to drain and charge my battery is not my idea of fun!

No biggie, I just wont leave the stereo face in!

Post Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:57 pm

An electric aerial has two 12V supplies attached to it, one is a constant 12v supply and the other is the trigger wire from the stereo which is 12v while the aeriel is extended. If the aerial goes down when the stereo is switched off, I can't see how it could be draining the battery.