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Offline Ben_Greenberg

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Looking for a good battery disconnect example
« on: September 14, 2014, 08:31:21 pm »
Hey everybody,
I've got. 78 c15 heavy half, I am in the middle of tracking down a battery parasitic draw issue, but I've also noticed in some other threads that people have battery disconnect switches in the cab somewhere. Anybody have a good write up or pictures of how they wired theirs up? I'd love to see it! Thanks guys!

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Re: Looking for a good battery disconnect example
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2014, 08:53:01 pm »
     I have seen some with a key to them, I always planned on putting one of these on my truck when I get to that point. 
     My parts truck right now just has the switch style under the hood.  The previous owner had a battery drain issue and instead of solving it he just added the switch, since then I have fixed the short and only turn off the switch if I take my truck somewhere that I don't trust the neighborhood.
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Re: Looking for a good battery disconnect example
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2014, 07:05:18 am »
I like the automatic ones

Can't remember the name.  But it's about $100 and shuts off if voltage drops below 11v

Has a remote inside the cab.  Tap it and it turns back on


I will see if I can find the brand name later today