diesel ignition/stereo

[weldore]

whats the worst that can happen if my ignition is left on..i mean after the glow plugs have done their thing..thinking of wiring the stereo power onto the ignition circuit as theres no acc...as you all know

[dansimpson]

Would it not be better to wire an overide switch so that you can switch over direct to battery when the ignition is off - you get the benefits of normal driving, ignition off radio switches off, switch over with igniton off, radio back on?

Dan

[weldore]

that would confuse her more...when i got home from work yesterday it was playing to itself for god knows how long

[hairyuk]

run the stereo from a leisure battery save worrying about it going flat

[weldore]

i know thats an option but it still can leave it on...still looking for a good argument why not to run it from a diesel ignition,like a normal car but on the ignition

[1664]

wire it to your split charge feed?

[weldore]

only thing with the lleisure battery stuff is it only comes to under the kitchen window,to me fuse box..as its a diesel the batteries are all in the back.
just wanted to know what problems would be caused ,its not like a petrol with its coil thing

[1664]

Oh sorry, can't help you there; to me, diesel is just something that happens to other people.......

[weldore]

i think it just runs everything a petrol does but without the coil..after the glow plugs have been on...anyone?

i know it will turn the cd off when i turn the engine off..but thats what i want it to do..then just turn the ignition back on to listen to he sounds

[dansimpson]

With mine when you turn the ignition off and the system turns off, if I press the on button on the radio it comes back on for upto 1 hour (u set the time in a menu) - I presume it feeds via the constant memory live wire?
Dan

[weldore]

cheers dan..ill have to see if mine has that feature,ive never really looked if it had a timer...a bit like the one in the megane that turns itself off after a while if its on acc.

[DiscoDave]

why not use the ignition feed to switch a relay coil, so it will work when the engine is running. then put a switch accross the relay contacts so you can turn it on with out the ignition being on. No danger of anything happening then!

[weldore]

now theres an option.but if the switch was left in the on position it would counter act the relay(would it ?).i like the idea of a timed switch that gave you an hour or so before it turned itself off.bet theres nothing like that on the bay of fleas ..ill investigate laterz (still dont know if mine has that feature yet dan..as its bloody freezin out there,how is yours wired up then...batt+to the ignition and to a permentant live for the memory?

[dansimpson]

now theres an option.but if the switch was left in the on position it would counter act the relay(would it ?).i like the idea of a timed switch that gave you an hour or so before it turned itself off.bet theres nothing like that on the bay of fleas ..ill investigate laterz (still dont know if mine has that feature yet dan..as its bloody freezin out there,how is yours wired up then...batt+to the ignition and to a permentant live for the memory?

Yep, permanent live to main battery, batt+ to fusebox terminal thats live with ignition on, its just a basic sony xtreme thingy, but the one in the car also has same feature - infact it was the car one I found out first by accident - turned it on with no ignition key in JVC thingy, so just tried it when I got me van.

[weldore]

ill try mine in the morn