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Topic: How to wire on/off power switch in trunk?
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70coupe
Gearhead Posts: 357
From: Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-22-2001 09:39 AM
  
I race my car quite often in the summer and I talked to one of the tech's at the track today, he saidif the battery is in the trunk then you need a shut off switch. No problem I said, he replied that many people put the switches in incorrectly. If you have an alternator, which I do, then the alternator must cut out when the switch is activated. How do you go about doing this? I always thought if the rpm was below 1000 (idle) the alternator wouldn't keep the motor running without some help from the battery?
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68fb
Journeyman Posts: 42
From: LakeStevens, Wa. USA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 03-22-2001 10:05 AM
No problem. From the positive battery post to the cut-off switch. From the cut-off switch to the starter solenoid,(the cut-off switch is put in series with the battery and solenoid). The alternator is fed from the solenoid through the key switch.
You might want to consider an Interstate "optima" battery as they are sealed and vent very, very little...unless you have a vent system and spillage tray already installed.
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 19704
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 03-22-2001 09:04 PM
Motorcraft BX-31 industrial battery. 990 CCA and sealed.  ------------------
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