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Old 04-28-2010, 07:58 AM
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Default Any way to wire in a battery shutoff!?

Okay guys, here's the deal. My car is pissing me off, and even though I love it dearly, it has a dying battery that after a couple days leaves me high and dry. I am almost through troubleshooting (have replaced battery thrice and alt twice, parasitic drain tests twice, checked every ground I could think of, resistance check on the battery cables, and even replaced the damn bcm + a whole lot more-no luck ).
If I do not find the cause of this soon (going on two years now ) I am considering either disconnecting the battery when it sits for more than two days, or simply trying to wire in a cutoff switch from the POS+cable to the cockpit. Anyone have ideas or experience doing this? Can it be done? Thanks in advance.
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Easy. You can get a kill switch from Summit and put it where you like.
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Cool. would this wire directly into the battery cable and bypass the ign etc?
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yup, kills the whole power system.
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Nice to know. That may be the only alternative. Thanks bro.
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would you have a non stock radio by any chance if so check that alot of the time i have found not wiring it right will do that
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Nope, it's all stock as far as I know. I've only had the car for a couple years though so who knows what's going on underneath?




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