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Main Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: serrano4657 on September 05, 2019, 11:13:38 am
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Has anyone installed a battery disconnect switch on there starting battery? My Phoenix is kept in storage and I thought of adding a battery disconnect switch to starter battery so it won't drain the battery. Will this affect the computer in the engine or erase any engine codes?
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I installed one on mine. It has no ill effects as far as codes or things like a 5 star tune. I installed a Ampper top post knife blade master switch. Cost was roughly $16.00 on Amazon. It’s worked fine all year with no issues.
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I use these...$6.99 Harbor Freight and elsewhere.
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Thanks for the help. I am going to get one now
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Disconnecting the battery disconnects everything including erasing the ECM. It's not a bad thing to do. I do it all the time during extended storage.
I had considered getting one of those rotational kill-all switches, but I am concerned about "reliability" over time, especially when the slightest of corrosion sets in. There is a whole lot of amperage when cranking over the Ford V10 engine. That would be the worst-case condition to worry about a degraded connection.
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The FIRST time I replaced my chassis battery, Murphy intervened and chose that moment to strike whichever computer it is that decides when to turn off the under-chassis courtesy light after a few minutes. So, the next time I tried to start the PC, I discovered that my brand new $100 battery was deader than a door-nail. I swore to the Costco guy I hadn't left the lights on. He was skeptical but replaced it anyway. So I felt like a real jerk when I thought about it, and then discovered the stuck courtesy light. In addition to unscrewing the bulb, I also added a battery cutoff to prevent anything like that from ever happening again.
As to the reliability of the battery cutoff switch, who cares? At $10, you can replace it every year if it bothers you.
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I have used 2 Lucky's illustrated switch in all our rigs since the 1990s. They never caused me any problems and I never had any corrosion problems with them. They are simple and I love simple.
I bought a new one for the PC and left the old one on my previous rig when we sold it. Bought it at Walmart for about the price mentioned.
Paul