Date:         Sat, 25 Aug 2012 06:43:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
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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