Those kill switches look identical to ones @ HF which I believe I paid
about $3 for a battery shutoff switch.
Must be the difference between an Apple & a Samsung?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-never got around to installing

On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> oh that's all great don, but why not tell us which models fit vanagons,
> especially vanagons with battery under front passenger seat.
>
> alistair
>
>
>
>
> On 2012-08-24, at 9:46 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
>
> >  Most of the racer supply houses have main electrical switches that can
> > take all the power from the vehicle.  They are required on racecars.
> Lots
> > are activated with a pull handle that is wired to be accessable outside
> the
> > vehicle in the event of a crash where the driver might be unconscious,
> > etc....The track crew can see this red handle clearly marked, jerk it,
> and
> > all the power is cut...
> >
> >   Many of these switches have a removable "key"..too.     It would be a
> > simple task to install one near the passenger seat, into the main battery
> > area....with the wire pull for use to the outside of a race car, you
> could
> > also have a mechanical 'remote' switch.....
> >
> >  If this link works....
> > https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/group.asp?GroupID=SWITCHBATT
> >
> >   They even have some that have a feature to save your
> > alternator...whatever that means....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Derek Drew <derekdrew@derekmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> How many amps is that thing rated for?
> >>
> >> Also, have you got a before and after voltage drop during starting?
> >>
> >> If we get positive answers to these questions, I think this is really
> >> a great device, and may even be better than a bucket full of relays,
> >> isolators, and combiners.
> >>
> >> The reason I say this is because I have been using this method for
> >> years, only instead of a switch, I have just been grabbing the
> >> terminal and shoving it on and off the battery as needed and to my
> >> astonishment, it seems to work really well to do it that way however
> >> goofy it sounds.
> >>
> >> And I used to use relays and love relays! But it is hard to find good
> >> practical relays relay rated at 400 amps. (Winch, 30amp inverter).
> >>
> >>
> >> At 06:29 PM 8/24/2012, you wrote:
> >>
> >>> The recent posts on Yahoo syncro group and the Samba about serious
> >>> electrical faults causing fires and or van moving by itself, plus a
> >>> timely trip to Princess Auto got me a kill switch for main battery
> >>>
> >>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/**2012/08/24/vanagon-main-**
> >>> battery-kill-switch/<
> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/vanagon-main-battery-kill-switch/>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> alistair
> >>>
> >>
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> >>
>

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Tom Buese