[6pack] battery cutoff

[Alex & Janet Thomson]

Dave - A variety of battery cut-off switches are available. One company you
could check out is Flaming River Industries (I think named after the
Cuyuhoga (sp?) River in Cleveland - which caught fire due to extreme
pollution in the '70s). Many of their cut-off switches were designed for
race applications.  http://www.flamingriver.com/batterydisconnect  Another
company to check out would be Cole-Hersee.  http://www.colehersee.com/  We
have a disconnect switch on our GT-6 that is mounted on the top of the cowl,
next to the battery. The handle is accessible from the top of the passenger
foot well. I can send you a picture if it helps.  I'm sure that NAPA would
have something. I have found that the thumbscrew switches just give you
another thing to swear at.
Alex Thomson

-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:6pack-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of dave n
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 12:30 PM
To: Triumph 6 Pack
Subject: [6pack] battery cutoff

hi.  I have a couple of those green thumbscrew cutoff switches for the
batteries of a couple cars.

they don't seem to work ideally.

the other night I went to a drive through atm to deposit a check.  of course
I
pulled up nice and close.  turned the car off while I was making the
deposit.
went to start the car.  got a momentary hit then everything went dark.  so I
had to climb out because I couldn't open the door, push the car away from
the
machine, open the hood, unscrew it, and screw it back in.  started up and
drove off.  most embarrassing!

that sort of thing happens occasionally with both cars that have it.

I think I should upgrade <grin>

recommendations?

thanks!

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