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Old 05-06-2023, 11:25 AM   #1
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John Neilson, I agree with your position. It does not matter which battery cable the switch is in so long as it breaks the circuit when it is OFF.
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Old 05-06-2023, 03:41 PM   #2
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John Neilson, I agree with your position. It does not matter which battery cable the switch is in so long as it breaks the circuit when it is OFF.
Unless like I pointed out, something gets between the hot battery terminal and ground. If the ground side is switched off there would be no complete circuit.
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Old 05-06-2023, 09:55 PM   #3
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John Neilson, I agree with your position. It does not matter which battery cable the switch is in so long as it breaks the circuit when it is OFF.
If you put it in the ground side nothing is hot , If you put it in the hot side the hot post and the cable going to the switch are still hot when turned off.
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Old 05-08-2023, 11:23 PM   #4
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John Neilson, I agree with your position. It does not matter which battery cable the switch is in so long as it breaks the circuit when it is OFF.
If you break the ground the complete system is dead. Not so if you break the hot.
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If you break the ground the complete system is dead. Not so if you break the hot.
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