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Snowman9000
Explorer
Sep 07, 2013

Disconnecting positive instead of negative at battery

This is actually a dinghy question but it needs tech answers, not towing answers. It seems like a stupid question. But I am a master at overlooking obvious facts, so I want to ask to be sure. On...
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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Sep 07, 2013
If you visit an RV store there are some realy heavy duty Switches,, Marine grade battery disconnect switches that can easily pass several hundred amps when closed... I'd put one of these in one of the battery leads (Does not matter which so long as only the battery is connected to one side and whatever is hooked to the battery now is connected to the other side).

That way you need no wrench.

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