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Battery Setup with Kill Switch

alsancle · 2017-02-08T01:23:04.000Z

Although my car has a complete new wiring harness as a matter of practice I always put a kill switch in. The biggest threat to a prewar car is that the generator cutout gets stuck and if there is power it will overheat and start a fire. I have a friend who does not use kill switches but instead…

Feb 8, 2017 (edited)84 views

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· Feb 13

I will update this photo when I swap the battery out but I have become disenchanted with the optima batteries. I will be swapping in a large cranking amp lead acid battery. We can have a separate discussion about optimas. Here is a thread on Optimas over on the AACA forum: https://forums.aaca.org/topic/447076-6v-optima-battery-v-lead-acid-6v-for-a-39-dodge-your-thoughts

· Feb 13

This is me trying to bring 6 different batteries back to life. I got 1 back.

· 2w

Which car is the photo from? Looks to be positive ground but I thought all Royales were negative ground.

· 2w

I guess I never posted a picture after we converted back to a single lead acid battery. That is my car the Dietrich bodied 848. I thought negative ground also, but now you have me wondering. I will check next week when I'm with the car.

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