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by **louis Lachance** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:31 pm

Best location for battery cut off switch and 30amp fuse holder? :thinking:

by **bobhenry** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:08 pm

Within inches of the battery. Make less wire to replace if you screwed up your installation! :lol:

by **wlooper89** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:36 pm

What sort of cutoff switch is good and not too expensive? I assume it should be rated for at least 30A.

Bill

by **Rock** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:47 pm

Very cheap at Harbor Freight if you have access to one. Nothing to really go wrong with them.

Eric

by **48Rob** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:50 pm

Best location for battery cut off switch and 30amp fuse holder?

Anywhere it will be VERY easy to access.

Rob

by **duke** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:08 pm

Pics! I need pics of a cut off switch and how you mounted it.

I'm in the process of wiring my Little Guy for 12V and have never really worked with electricity before.

I'm using 8 ga (trolling motor) wire from the battery to my fuse box (only thing I could find in familiar red/black). I hope/think this should be big enough from what I've read here.

Will a 30A Maxi fuse work for an inline master fuse?

by **Miriam C.** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:27 pm

http://batteries.batterymart.com/pwc-ba ... itch--list This will go to a picture!

And this will get you how to install it.
http://www.wikihow.com/Attach-a-Battery-Cut-off-Switch

by **Joe Staller** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:33 pm

I have my battery on the tongue inside a tongue box. I drilled a hole on one side of the box and installed a Harbor Freight 12V switch. Very convenient location--I don't have to open up the tongue box (I keep it locked) to disconnect the battery.

I do have to say however, that the first switch I installed became intermittent, and I finally replaced it with another new HF switch. I'm not sure of the failure mechanism, but I suspect dust as the culprit. Anyhow, I now carry a spare switch just in case. Good thing they are less than $5.

by **planovet** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:53 pm

I put my battery in the tongue box with a 30A fuse about 6" from the post. The main 30A fuse is in the little red holder just poking out of the battery box:

I put the cut off switch in the galley next to my volt meter and fuse panel. I like how it turned out. I'm sorry but I do not have a picture how it was wired but Miriam's post is good info.

by **norm's tear drop** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:04 pm

left corner bottom cabinet is where i put mine ,
i later added a cut off switch to pos side of battery
Norm

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