Date:         Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:52:01 -0400
Reply-To:     Derek Drew <derekdrew@DEREKMAIL.COM>
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From:         Derek Drew <derekdrew@DEREKMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: battery kill switch
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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/
>
>
>alistair

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