Battery Cut Off Switch - switching negative?
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Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2001
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From: Norwalk Ct
Battery Cut Off Switch - switching negative?
I want to put a master battery disconnect on my car, its the morosso switch type, for the outside of th ecar, was thinking of putting it where the factory alarm switch used to be. Its the easiest place as below that is where I am going to put the remote charge/jump posts for the battery. The only question I have is that it means I would switch the ground (would disconnect the ground from the system when I turn the switch off) Are there any pro's - cons to this? I dont see any, when I disconnect my battery now I always pull the negative, not the positive.
My other location would be the on wiper door, but that means running a complete new positive cable.
Thoughts?
Nick
My other location would be the on wiper door, but that means running a complete new positive cable.
Thoughts?
Nick
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Boca Raton Florida
An outside mount of any stripe seems to be an unnecessary PITA. Why not use a blade or **** type inside? Would sure beat all that fartin around running cables and the like. Also for the jump connections, I would do that differently too. There is a company called Anderson that makes Power Connection type parts, they have a 2 pin power connector good for 100amps. I have used their connector to make a custom set of jumpers with a pigtail on the battery that plugs into the jumpers. That way there is no cable running to do or any of that. The only drawback is you can't loan out your jumper cables
SOmething like this;
http://order.waytekwire.com/CGI-BIN/...19A041+M37+ENG
you would get 2 connector bodies and 4 contacts, they are indexed so you can't connect it backwards
SOmething like this;
http://order.waytekwire.com/CGI-BIN/...19A041+M37+ENG
you would get 2 connector bodies and 4 contacts, they are indexed so you can't connect it backwards
Last edited by SIXFOOTER; Aug 7, 2007 at 09:28 AM.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: North NJ
I used a generic cutoff switch from Carsile last year.
Right inbetween the seats, removable key, fairly hidden with key in, totally hidden with key out by carpet.
I did some research and asked questions on here and the conclusion was to put the cutoff switch on the negative wire. If anything was to happen I'd rather not be on the hot wire.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...battery+cutoff
Right inbetween the seats, removable key, fairly hidden with key in, totally hidden with key out by carpet.
I did some research and asked questions on here and the conclusion was to put the cutoff switch on the negative wire. If anything was to happen I'd rather not be on the hot wire.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...battery+cutoff
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Missouri City Texas
I tried this type of red key switch twice, both failed due to high resistance or poor internal contact, after a few months. I believe failure was due to vibration, since I did not mount the switch, just hanging from the negative wires. Abandoned the key switch for solid connection....my battery does not drain down, even after several week of non use.
