[TR] Aftermarket Anti-battery draining device

[Joe Curry]

The reasonthese devices may have dropped off the market is possibly due to
the fact that modern cars have devices that require power to be applied all
the time to keep the memory intact (security systems and radie presets come
to mind).  Since these devices represent a constant (albeit small) battery
drain, the devices might not work for modern cars.

Joe C.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geo & Kathleen Hahn" <ahwahnee at cybertrails.com>
To: "dorpaul" <dorpaul at bellsouth.net>; "list Triumph"
<triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] Aftermarket Anti-battery draining device


> Seems like most modern cars are smart enough to turn the head lamps off
> after a short spell with the ignition off.  Perhaps the implentation of
this
> function has mostly eliminated the need for this product.
>
> Does happen to us though.  At our Tuesday morning coffee this week one
> driver had left his XKEs lights on and asked me for a jump (car was parked
> pointing slightly uphill).  Instead I recruited 6 other club members and
we
> did a push start -- thus assuring maximum embarassment.
>
> Geo