After installing a positive off switch on the Aux battery, I was concerned with the small 24/7 current draw on the main battery. I often park for several weeks at a time in remote locations, away from the van. A simple solar panel is not an option where i park to over come the natural battery discharge, plus the parasitic current draw.
So I set up to install a similar switch on the negative cable of the main vehicle battery. After opening the battery box and tracing the wire, I discovered the negative cable mounts to the fire wall, just above the accelertor. The miracle however is that this cable simply clicks on the post with a thumb latch. Disconnecting the battery is so simple that it is silly! I'm sure that more experience wrenches already knew this, but for the uninitiated, it is a simple genius.
Of course, disconnecting the battery kills the radio memory, but, big deal! Not only that, but it makes a pretty good theft deterrent as well.
Icarus
So I set up to install a similar switch on the negative cable of the main vehicle battery. After opening the battery box and tracing the wire, I discovered the negative cable mounts to the fire wall, just above the accelertor. The miracle however is that this cable simply clicks on the post with a thumb latch. Disconnecting the battery is so simple that it is silly! I'm sure that more experience wrenches already knew this, but for the uninitiated, it is a simple genius.
Of course, disconnecting the battery kills the radio memory, but, big deal! Not only that, but it makes a pretty good theft deterrent as well.
Icarus
