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General => Car audio => Topic started by: maxmc2 on 03 December 2012, 11:44

Title: VR6 and switched live
Post by: maxmc2 on 03 December 2012, 11:44

Hi all

Picked up a VR6 yesterday as a project and am scratching my head at the following.

Ive installed a radio only to find that both the perm and switched live of the radio loom on the vehicle are constantly live even when i remove the key.

Consequently im getting 130mA or thereabouts of drain on the battery so this will die over time.

Any reason why the switch live is always live??

When i remove the key from the barrel should it not pop out hence cutting the switched live?

Any help appreciated.

Title: Re: VR6 and switched live
Post by: supergeeman on 03 December 2012, 17:19

you have to swap the red and yellow wires over

Title: Re: VR6 and switched live
Post by: maxmc2 on 03 December 2012, 17:30

I know that im talking about the actual radio loom on the car that has a constant feed on both switched and perm live, not the radios harness itself...

Title: Re: VR6 and switched live
Post by: supergeeman on 04 December 2012, 20:05

my bad....

Title: Re: VR6 and switched live
Post by: willz94 on 30 March 2013, 11:42

mines the same mate its a twit because i come home from uni, jump in and .... the battery has dead