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09-15-2014, 01:24 PM | #1 |
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battery disconect switch in brass
Anyone remember a recent thread in which a barner in the thread mentioned an ebay listing for a battery disconnect switch made in the USA and was made of brass and not made of pot metal from Chine Had the round disconnect knob.
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09-15-2014, 01:57 PM | #2 |
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Re: battery disconect switch in brass
Lot of them come up on Ebay search:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/6000/i.html?...ssories&_rdc=2 |
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09-15-2014, 02:12 PM | #3 |
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Re: battery disconect switch in brass
Hope you can dig it up. Seems that someone checked out the "brass" connector and after running a file (?) or something over it he found the same old pot metal. May have been Grainger.
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09-15-2014, 02:41 PM | #4 |
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Re: battery disconect switch in brass
I don't know about brass but most all the suppliers have those disconnectors. I don't like that type of disconnect because they sometimes don't make good contact. I like the switch with an on/off knob. You can get them at the same places.
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09-15-2014, 03:10 PM | #5 |
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Re: battery disconect switch in brass
Thanks guys...brass plating does not make a really safe solution.
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09-15-2014, 07:45 PM | #6 |
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09-15-2014, 08:01 PM | #7 |
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Re: battery disconect switch in brass
One guy on ebay advertised his as not the cheap ones (pot metal?) but when I asked him what they were made of (brass or copper) he said they were not copper or brass but the same old pot metal. So much for "not the cheap ones"
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09-16-2014, 02:37 AM | #8 |
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Re: battery disconect switch in brass
It seems that without exception ALL of the green or black knob varieties that fit on the battery terminal are brass plated pot metal (Mazak). They offer a high resistance when in use. Furthermore they are designed to fit on the negative terminal only.
To overcome this problem I made one from solid brass. It works well. I made the tapered hole for the positive terminal using a Snap-On battery taper terminal restorer. Pics to follow |
09-16-2014, 02:41 AM | #9 |
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Re: battery disconect switch in brass
Battery isolator. Only piece I retained from the cheap pot metal version was the plastic insulator
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09-16-2014, 06:46 AM | #10 |
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Re: battery disconect switch in brass
Nice work Tiger!!
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09-16-2014, 10:12 AM | #11 |
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Re: battery disconect switch in brass
I'll buy three...
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09-16-2014, 10:28 AM | #12 |
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Re: battery disconect switch in brass
i always use the Cole-Hersey switches that my local marina sells --never had a problem with them.
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09-16-2014, 12:44 PM | #13 |
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Re: battery disconect switch in brass
There's no doubt that the Cole Hersey switches are excellent however they do not offer the simplicity of the battery terminal mounted version.
If only someone made them in solid brass. |
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