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Subject:Re: Ground Shut-off Switch Needed
From:Jeff Diebolt
Date:Fri, 07 Mar 1997 23:08:44 -0500

Try your local marina. Battery shut off switches are very popular on boats.
HTH
At 02:27 PM 3/7/97 -0600, David Richoux wrote:
>Hi All:
>
>I am looking for a simple but effective ground shut-off or disconnect
>switch for my '83 Vanagon. There is not enough room in the battery
>compartment for an available terminal post screw switch, plus I don't
>want to be opening and closing the cover all the time. 
>
>Does anybody know of a pull-plug key or other external disconnect? (I
>seem to remember reading about a VW hot-rod modification for a
>plastic/metal remote ground connection with a big key, but that was a
>few years ago)
>
>Please reply to the list
>
>TIA
>
>David Richoux <tubaman@hooked.net>
>
>

 Greetings from Michigan's Upper Peninsula
 Jeff & Jean-Marie Diebolt
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