Battery shutoff switch/radio presets

Chuckbizkits said

- I am running a battery shut off switch. Shuts off power to everything.
- I want to save the memory presets and clock on the radio.
- I ran a fused wire from the + side of the battery shut off switch to the batt + (memory) wire on the radio.

What I am accomplishing is that no other circuits are getting power like the compressor for the air ride or the power door locks. Yet, the memory on the radio is still intact.

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But those items don't draw current when they aren't being used. In your original post you stated your are trying to eliminate battery drain when the car sits. By bypassing the battery disconnect to the radio memory you will have the same amount of battery drain when the car sits. Unless of course there is a short or faulty component somewhere. In that case you should be trouble shooting that and fixing it, those are the kinds of issues that will leave you stuck on the side of the road at the most inopportune time.