Re: Battery Disconnect

Posted by HH56 On 2015/3/8 18:58:23

There was an install on a prewar car similar to yours where the owner made a nice bracket and mounted a heavy duty Cole-Hersee type switch near the starter. It appeared easy to reach but still fairly low and kind of out of sight. Hopefully the owner or someone who remembers the car will be along because I believe there was a photo posted.

I also used Cole-Hersee type switches on my postwar cars but didn't want to open the hood each time. I made my own custom actuators which are conveniently located under the dash edge -- easy to reach and fairly unobtrusive. One switch is mounted on the firewall with a shaft extension which kept the rotary action and the other switch is mounted under the battery tray with a push pull cable operation. The knobs are convenient but switches themselves are hidden. If you wanted to keep the illusion of authenticity you could do something like that and mount the switch out of sight near the battery. Bring the actuator to a more convenient spot. If a plain switch wouldn't work alone Summit Racing has several different remote actuator setups. The advantage of mounting the switch under is you could interrupt the cable closer to the battery and eliminate a length of unprotected wire.

Whatever you choose, do get a heavy duty quality switch able to carry the 6v current. Cole-Hersee is the name brand but there are others with high current ratings and all metal construction.