Re: Battery disconnect switch...YES!

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/3/24 14:21:21

Was that Dodge the model known in the USA as the "Victory 8"? Rare indeed, I've only seen a very few over the years.

A word of advice on battery cut-off switches. The very best are the Cole-Hersee rotary types, extremely robust and heavy duty but take a bit of work to install as at the least you'll need to make one additional cable from the switch to the starter, and find a place to locate the switch. You can get these thru any number of sources including the Model A/T vendors like Snyders, or MSC or McMaster-Carr, or thru a Cole-Hersee distributor. Guys, buy the best. Cars with batteries under the seat lend themselves to locating the switch on the floorboards or on the seat riser. If the terminal lugs of the switch are going to be in very close proximity to the frame or body, make sure you're breaking the ground cable, not the hot cable.

The cheap little items that go on the battery post are just that, cheap little items. Better than nothing I suppose, and NO GOOD for 6 volts (not enough contact area). If you must use one on a 12-volt car with a top metal battery hold-down, make sure you put it on the post that goes to ground so that, should the switch body contact the hold-down, you'll avoid a direct short.

We should get into the habit of using the cut-off religiously. Everytime.