Battery Disconnect
I currently have a battery disconnect switch sitting in my garage, the one pictured below. wanting to be able to kill all power when in storage. with my battery having several cables on the ...
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thirtydaZe wrote:exeter_acres wrote:
there are commonly other grounds at other locations, so just cutting the ground at the battery may not do the trick....
I can tell you that most any auto racing organization mandates that the cutoff be on the positive side.
To the OP, what you are proposing would work fine.
Ok great. just was afraid there might be a max load on the switch or something along those lines.
seems almost to simple, thanks again.
There is a load limit. There should be an amps rating for it. I use a similar one. The amps limit was on the package but not on the switch! Mine is 100amps for 12v and 50amps for 24v
http://www.princessauto.com/pal/en/Battery-Accessories/Keyed-Battery-Master-Cut-Off-Switch/8105033.p
I use one for the main disconnect switch and I also use one for a solar on/off switch on the array side of the controller.
Yes the terminals can be used as a buss for several wire lugs, but be careful where the switch terminals are so close together that your wire lugs on pos and neg can touch if they are big.
