Remote Batt. Disconnect

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by Getter-Done

A Great Member that use to frequent this forum used these on his Golf carts.

I have yet to purchase one.

Most of these have Great Reviews.

Hmm, I wonder who that was...

[D.B]

Just curious why you couldn't install a high amp relay and a battery with top and side post. Wire the top post neg to engine, top post pos to starter. Then the side post neg to frame and side post pos to run everything but starter. Wire key switch to trigger relay. When relay is off there is no power going to the truck except for the starter which is off the battery. Or you can wire in a toggle/rocker switch instead of the key switch. Flip the toggle/rocker on then turn the key. I have not tried it but have thought about it.

[BRL]

Originally Posted by D.B

Just curious why you couldn't install...

Um, I have no idea what you mean on that one but if you ever do hook it up post pictures on it.

So I did install a top secret James Bond 007 kill switch and it works as intended but I can't show it to you because then it wouldn't be top secret.
However I know you all are wanting to see where I hid the wire bus gizmo and that works great while cleaning up the wiring mess.
I do have a tiny chair to help me get under the dash and when I add enough padding it saves my back and about $150 for something more specialized.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by BRL

Anybody tried one of these yet?

Can't seem to find any posts but that doesn't mean there aren't any out here someplace.
I would like to see them be built stronger like in the USA for example, and at first the thing was giving me trouble and I was about to remove it, but that's when I discovered I hadn't fully tightened the screws down yet.
So far so good after a few months.

I got mine in today and it works great ,,but it interferes with my remote door locks somehow .. I hit the off button on the remote and the battery is unhooked and then I hit the door locks on and they do not lock now.. I reverse the way I did it and it still comes up with the door locks not locking

[BRL]

Not really sure how you would fix that since I don't have remote door locks, but I will say that I still have the unit itself and the battery tender hooked up to direct battery negative with no problem.
I tried to run a wire from the negative battery post to the body ground directly and that didn't work, had to run that ground through the unit itself too.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by BRL

Not really sure how you would fix that since I don't have remote door locks, but I will say that I still have the unit itself and the battery tender hooked up to direct battery negative with no problem.
I tried to run a wire from the negative battery post to the body ground directly and that didn't work, had to run that ground through the unit itself too.

Yes,, that is the way it works ..it's device that shuts off and turns on the the negitive side to the ground . I am going to install a small battery just for my door locks and that will make both be able to work ..

[BRL]

My first thought was maybe you could intercept the ground wire to the lock solenoids and run that directly to the battery ground, but then you might run into the same problem I had with trying to hook up a body ground directly. I do know that I turned the key and the engine turned over weakly.
Probably would have smoked that ground wire in short order.

ETA: I don't know, seems to me that as long as you isolate that individual ground wire directly to the battery negative, the rest of the negatives would still be under the control of that unit.
But then again if this thread and my previous pictures has taught any of you anything, it's that I don't have a clue about electronics and it's amazing I haven't already burned my truck to the ground. HA!
Good luck!