<VV> Leaving ignition on to play radio

Ron F Hinz ronh@owt.com
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:26:12 -0700


Actually, people have been playing the radio with the ignition on since car
radio's were invented and it never seems to have hurt anything.  It sure
didn't harm my dad's cars almost 60 years ago.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "corvairs" <lonwall@corvairunderground.com>
To: "Doug Foust" <doufou@msn.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Leaving ignition on to play radio


> I've done it for 37 years and never had any problems (About 22 years
> with points and 15 years with Ignitor 1's wired directly to the coil -
> about 1.5 million driving miles). That is NOT conclusive but it
> certainly is something. Lon
>
> www.corvairunderground.com
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> Doug Foust wrote:
>
> > Is there any harm in leaving the ignition in the ON position  w/o the
> > engine running if, for example, one wants to play the radio for a
> > while?  (Besides the obvious drain on the battery.)
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