Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 06:43:58 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: battery kill switch
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oh that's all great don, but why not tell us which models fit vanagons, especially vanagons with battery under front passenger seat.
alistair
On 2012-08-24, at 9:46 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
> Most of the racer supply houses have main electrical switches that can
> take all the power from the vehicle. They are required on racecars. Lots
> are activated with a pull handle that is wired to be accessable outside the
> vehicle in the event of a crash where the driver might be unconscious,
> etc....The track crew can see this red handle clearly marked, jerk it, and
> all the power is cut...
>
> Many of these switches have a removable "key"..too. It would be a
> simple task to install one near the passenger seat, into the main battery
> area....with the wire pull for use to the outside of a race car, you could
> also have a mechanical 'remote' switch.....
>
> If this link works....
> https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/group.asp?GroupID=SWITCHBATT
>
> They even have some that have a feature to save your
> alternator...whatever that means....
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Derek Drew <derekdrew@derekmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How many amps is that thing rated for?
>>
>> Also, have you got a before and after voltage drop during starting?
>>
>> If we get positive answers to these questions, I think this is really
>> a great device, and may even be better than a bucket full of relays,
>> isolators, and combiners.
>>
>> The reason I say this is because I have been using this method for
>> years, only instead of a switch, I have just been grabbing the
>> terminal and shoving it on and off the battery as needed and to my
>> astonishment, it seems to work really well to do it that way however
>> goofy it sounds.
>>
>> And I used to use relays and love relays! But it is hard to find good
>> practical relays relay rated at 400 amps. (Winch, 30amp inverter).
>>
>>
>> At 06:29 PM 8/24/2012, you wrote:
>>
>>> The recent posts on Yahoo syncro group and the Samba about serious
>>> electrical faults causing fires and or van moving by itself, plus a
>>> timely trip to Princess Auto got me a kill switch for main battery
>>>
>>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/**2012/08/24/vanagon-main-**
>>> battery-kill-switch/<http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/vanagon-main-battery-kill-switch/>
>>>
>>>
>>> alistair
>>>
>>
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