caravan radio keeps switching on !

[mark_374461743]

every time i plug the caravan into the cars electrics when towing, the radio or cd comes on and plays quite loud, how can i stop this? it happens even if i turn the radio/cd player off, but as soon as i hook up to the car it comes on. please help?

 

[busman1]

mark,

I had a similar problem with my radio (Bailey) mine would come on in the middle of the night, which according to the dealer was a common problem, and it was replaced under warranty.

 

[mark_374461743]

mines a abbey vogue, but the original radio was faulty when i got it so i got one from argos, its not the radio coz i have swopped it with my car radio and it does it with that, yet in the car they both behave correctly, do you think my caravans haunted ?

 

[Mikey1]

Probably what happening is when in normal use it has a perminent live from the caravan battery when the car is connected the relay switches and so the stereo thinks it has been switched off then on,fit a rocker on off switch in the 12v feed to the stereo.

 

[GrahamDerby]

Mine comes on when i either hook up or in any way interupt the power supply. If your radio has a removable front take it off when its not in use.

 

[Steve L]

Hi chaps.

What your getting is a back feed spike from the liesure battery via the alarm system.

The caravan builders are too lazy to put a seperate permanent live from the 12v input to supply the radio seperately. What they do insteadis patch into the caravan alarm permanent live. When you interupt this with another supply like that from the car, or the leisure battery voltage drops below 10.5 volts this is detected by the alarm system which even when turned of, sends a signal. This electrical impulse is enough on some radios to switch it on.

So all you have to do is find the permanent live connection, disconnect it and fit a new wire fused of coarse, from the leisure battery to the radio and hey presto, no more ghostly goings on in the radio department.

Cost less than

 

[mark_374461743]

the van is 2002, and doesn't have an alarm system !

 

[mark_374461743]

PROBLEM SOLVED. just looked and it does have a removeable front, so i've took it off. thanks to all who replied. regards mark.