Battery Quick Disconnect / Battery Kill Switch on Chevy C1500 OBS

[@barrybegley5379]

To be up front here, I find your connection to the POSITIVE post, a very troublesome point in your video. First of all, I am a retired Electronics Technician with more than 5 decades of experience working with electronics and electrical circuits of all kinds. If any metallic part of that bat handle switch that is connected to the positive post of the battery happened to touch anything metal on the hood or chassis, after you have the battery negative post reconnected, then you would have directly connected the positive to the ground side causing a MASSIVE short circuit, huge amperage drain resulting more than likely in an explosion of the battery, spewing sulfuric acid and sparks everywhere, including on your skin and eyes. The first order of business would have been to remove the negative connector from the battery. If your wrench happened to touch any incidental metal object in the vicinity, nothing would happen, since the negative of the battery and the chassis are at the same potential. With the Negative terminal removed, then the proper approach would be to mount your switch wherever it would be accessible, so that it becomes in series between the negative battery post and the negative terminal that was connected to the battery originally. That way, if there is ever an accident, or if any metal object were to come into contact with the switch terminals after it was installed, no harm would come of it, since that terminal and all metal components and chassis or body components are at the same potential. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER connect a disconnect switch to the Positive post of a car battery. The one rare exception would be, if the vehicle was an older or possibly a foreign vehicle that has a Positive grounded chassis. A very rare case indeed. Otherwise, NEGATIVE side for disconnects ONLY. This understanding could save someone's LIFE.

[@ttwiisstt2365]

I completely understand, but like i said in the video. It’s supposed to go on the Negative side but due to clearance issues with the fender i had to put it on the positive side. Plenty of room under hood so im not worried about that but this is just a temporary solution to my battery not getting drained as the truck is only moved 2 or 3 times this past year

[@LilRobby]

hi my guy tried wiring a kill switch but the wire burnt and we tried on the negative terminal had to be all i had to do was smog it and i know a way now, as it drives good, i was told not to drive the next day after the mistake all that happened was when we were trying to install, the security light was blinking, i smelled something burning a little, had to be the wire because he said he on accident installed it backwards, how bad is that? the car was fine not i'm worried about making it to the smog station up the street, so the wire that got burnt we bought from the auto parts store.. can you give me so advise say something?

[@TimothyDixon-p7u]

Thanks. Had to do this to a 1998 Chevy S-10.

[@gregniel]

Just turn it upside down.

[@Beatlesfanize]

That Should Be On The NEG Side.

[@ttwiisstt2365]

Literally what i said in the video😂