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DrewE
Feb 07, 2016Explorer II
rockfishon wrote:
Your Itasca radio is probably wired differently than mine. The radio should have 2 lines for power. One is for the ignition to allow you to turn it on when the key is on and the other is for the clock. My guess is that on your RV they are tied together.
On mine, I kept the clock line always connected to the engine battery. I only switch the ignition line on the radio. This way the clock and the station memory is never lost.
On some radios, the clock line is actually the main power line and the ignition line basically just a remote control line to cause the radio to turn on and off. When it's on, the power for the radio comes from the clock line. Probably that's not universally true.
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