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04-25-2017, 10:15 AM
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Battery cut off switch
One of the things that I miss from our Rockwood RV is the battery cut off switch that was located next to the control panel.
I want to install one and it can be around the battery someplace since it would be a much easier install there. I assume that others may have put one on? If so, what switch did you use and where did you get it.
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04-25-2017, 02:08 PM
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Amazon $7.00 
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04-25-2017, 02:24 PM
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Have you looked under your LP tanks in front of your battery? That's where most of them have been moving to.
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04-25-2017, 05:48 PM
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04-25-2017, 08:32 PM
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Battery Drain installed battery disconnect switch
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04-25-2017, 08:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WNY_Clipper
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I installed the same one with zip ties to the trailer frame. Works great.
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04-25-2017, 09:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WNY_Clipper
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Here is a picture of it installed, along with a new lighting fuse block, and LED storage lighting.
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04-26-2017, 12:42 PM
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Thanks all. I've verified there's not one near the tanks anywhere. I have ordered a switch for installation.
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04-26-2017, 01:54 PM
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Too late if you ordered one already BUT I always use Perko switches. I've had them on my boats and RV's. Good quality at reasonable price.I installed 2 on my Cardinal. one for the batteries that is Off-1-2-Both and another for my converter that is just an on-off.
PERKO Inc.
Oh yea, they are all made in the good old USA
Good luck!
Bill
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04-29-2017, 09:25 PM
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disconnet switch
Are they installed on negative or positive cables?
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04-29-2017, 09:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dallas52
Are they installed on negative or positive cables?
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Perko recommends the positive side and that's what I do on both boats and my RVs.
They have some good diagrams on line and the switches come with instructions.
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04-30-2017, 05:20 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Havasu Bill
Perko recommends the positive side and that's what I do on both boats and my RVs.
They have some good diagrams on line and the switches come with instructions.
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When I researched switches before I bought and installed mine, I saw that many people switched the negative side. I guess that would work, but I decided to go old school and switch the positive side.
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04-30-2017, 07:34 AM
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Battery disconnect switch
The battery disconnect switch is wired on the negative terminal.
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04-30-2017, 08:05 AM
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Negative side is usually easier and safer to work with, but either side will work.
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04-30-2017, 08:22 AM
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Battery cut off switch
Whole point is that you are breaking continuity between positive and negative side. With a switch anything inside RV that uses battery will be disabled once either + or - is broken.
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05-19-2017, 07:35 AM
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Battery cut off switch
SUCCESS!
We will return our RV to storage this afternoon after being in it for a week. When we picked it up earlier this week the battery was in fact dead. I don't know why they did not install a battery cut off switch. Yesterday I successfully installed the cut off switch like WNY clipper uses. Install was no big deal. The particular cable that I bought to extend it was black. And, by buying this cable I did not have to do any cutting on the cables themselves. Therefore I installed it on the negative side so that the colors would be consistent. I just didn't want to install a black cable on the positive side (red side) and then someone in the future to think because they saw a black cable that it was negative.
I used double back tape to stick it to the frame right in front of the battery box. I also used zip ties to hold the cables together. My thought was if the double back tape didn't hold well the switch itself still couldn't go anywhere.
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05-19-2017, 02:45 PM
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Congrats on your install of the battery disconnect switch!
I also installed a "BDS" on my unit too. Instead of mounting to the battery box, I mounted my switch to the frame next to the battery box. And I mounted mine on the negative side as well.
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05-19-2017, 02:52 PM
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Perko does that since boats do not have chassis grounds (well, except steel ones.)
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05-21-2017, 05:42 AM
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This is the one I installed I had to get a bigger battery box but it fits perfectly and the battery will not slide around
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05-21-2017, 08:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob O
This is the one I installed I had to get a bigger battery box but it fits perfectly and the battery will not slide around
Attachment 138580 |
That's the one I installed as well.....
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