[DeTomaso] Relay Activated Battery Cut-off switch
Don Thomas
don.thomas.ieee at gmail.com
Sun Jul 17 02:04:45 EDT 2016
Rob,
This might be what you are looking for:
http://www.flamingriver.com/index.php/products/c0015/automaticbatterydisconnect/FR1052
I am considering this for my Pantera.
Best regards,
-dt
On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 5:54 AM, Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net> wrote:
> I have a quick disconnect on the side pole mounts of the Optima
> battery. It looks clean and functions perfectly but you have to open
> the front hood to operate it. Brad Freeman's car has a manual cut-off
> switch installed that is mounted through the trunk on the side of the
> battery that you can operate by reaching behind the glovebox from the
> passenger seat and turning it on or off.
> Has anybody added a massively heavy duty relay that can be triggered by
> a switch in the cabin to disconnect the battery?A If it is a standard
> relay, it would only pull current when activated, so that would not
> drain the battery. Could it damage anything if the battery were
> accidentally isolated while the car is running (i.e. MSD ignition or
> fuel injection computer)?
> If anybody did this, what relay could you use?.
>
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Rob,
This might be what you are looking for:
[1]http://www.flamingriver.com/index.php/products/c0015/automaticbatter
ydisconnect/FR1052
I am considering this for my Pantera.
Best regards,
-dt
On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 5:54 AM, Rob Dumoulin <[2]rob at dumoulins.net>
wrote:
A A I have a quick disconnect on the side pole mounts of the Optima
A A battery. It looks clean and functions perfectly but you have to
open
A A the front hood to operate it. Brad Freeman's car has a manual
cut-off
A A switch installed that is mounted through the trunk on the side
of the
A A battery that you can operate by reaching behind the glovebox
from the
A A passenger seat and turning it on or off.
A A Has anybody added a massively heavy duty relay that can be
triggered by
A A a switch in the cabin to disconnect the battery?AA If it is a
standard
A A relay, it would only pull current when activated, so that would
not
A A drain the battery. Could it damage anything if the battery were
A A accidentally isolated while the car is running (i.e. MSD
ignition or
A A fuel injection computer)?
A A If anybody did this, what relay could you use?.
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