fastsc92
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I know this topic has been beaten to death but since my member account still remains inactive for two months for who knows why..... I can't get into the members only section in order to get the info I need.
I put my battery in the trunk, made a nice sealed box, got a STDP switch and some #2 welding cable. I thought I had everything wired up to the switch right so that it would kill the car, it does not. I was away for months so I haven't been able to try it out until today.
Here is a run-down of how it's wired up. The battery in the trunk is grounded to the frame. The pos side of the battery goes to one of the heavy poles on the switch. The other heavy pole of the switch is run through the car via #2 cable and goes to the starter solenoid. The LG/R wire from the alternator is cut and is run back to the smaller leads on the switch.
I assumed that this would break the excite wire on the alternator and kill the car. Again, it doesn't kill it. The car remains to run but I quickly killed it myself so that I wouldn't do any damage to any electronic equipment.
I've heard mixed reviews of what to do and everyone goes back and forth on the right and wrong way to do things. I DO NOT want to run the charge wire (black/orange) from the alternator back to the switch. This just means more heavy gauge wire, more $$ and more holes in the firewall. I already have some 16awg running to the switch so I'd like to use those.
Now I guess I could break the power to the ignition coil, but I dont think this is the proper way to do it. This would be the red/green tracer at the power distribution box. I really want to do it via the excite wire but what am I doing wrong??
I put my battery in the trunk, made a nice sealed box, got a STDP switch and some #2 welding cable. I thought I had everything wired up to the switch right so that it would kill the car, it does not. I was away for months so I haven't been able to try it out until today.
Here is a run-down of how it's wired up. The battery in the trunk is grounded to the frame. The pos side of the battery goes to one of the heavy poles on the switch. The other heavy pole of the switch is run through the car via #2 cable and goes to the starter solenoid. The LG/R wire from the alternator is cut and is run back to the smaller leads on the switch.
I assumed that this would break the excite wire on the alternator and kill the car. Again, it doesn't kill it. The car remains to run but I quickly killed it myself so that I wouldn't do any damage to any electronic equipment.
I've heard mixed reviews of what to do and everyone goes back and forth on the right and wrong way to do things. I DO NOT want to run the charge wire (black/orange) from the alternator back to the switch. This just means more heavy gauge wire, more $$ and more holes in the firewall. I already have some 16awg running to the switch so I'd like to use those.
Now I guess I could break the power to the ignition coil, but I dont think this is the proper way to do it. This would be the red/green tracer at the power distribution box. I really want to do it via the excite wire but what am I doing wrong??