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Date:         Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:59:05 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [Nearly Off-Topic] Seeking Battery Switch
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
In-Reply-To:  <505b52b8.490ae00a.69df.ffff99a0@mx.google.com>
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"Try a Filnor A-2011 (bottom left on this page) http://www.filnor.com/html/products/knife-switch.php ."

Excellent. A Dr. Frankenstein's lab-grade knife switch.

"Igor: Two nasty lookin' switches over there, but I'm not going to be the first."

-- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore.

On 09/20/2012 10:30 AM, David Beierl wrote: > At 12:51 PM 9/20/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >> Anyone know of a three position (1/2/off) battery switch? > > Try a Filnor A-2011 (bottom left on this page) > http://www.filnor.com/html/products/knife-switch.php . With a cover over > it, obviously. That's a 600 amp switch - there are probably smaller ones > in the catalog. > > Normal marine battery switches all provide make-before-break connections > because disconnecting the battery from a running alternator will spike > the boat electrical system as the alternator suddenly unloads (they also > typically have a field disconnect terminal that shuts off the alternator > before the switch is rotated to OFF). So even if there were not a > specific 1+2 position, it would still exist while switching. > > Yours, > David


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