Hooking Up a Kill Switch

Ryan Paymaster · February 24th, 2009, 12:01 PM

I'm relocating the battery to the back of the car and want to know how to hook up a kill switch? Wouldn't the alternator still run after the car was turned off? That's what I'm wondering right now, how do I hook it up and have it shut the alternator off?

Thanks guys, been a while. Winter is a little slow for the car so doing stuff like this keeps me occupied.

bitemark46 · February 24th, 2009, 12:39 PM

What you have to do is disconnect the hot wire going from your dist box to the alt. Then run a separate wire from the alt back to the kill switch and hook it to the same post as the positive side of the battery is on. That way when the switch is flipped it kills the power going to the dist box AND the Alt. Now the next question is where are you going to mount your kill switch?

Ryan Paymaster · February 24th, 2009, 07:53 PM

Thanks a lot!

I've made a bracket for that.

February 24th, 2009, 12:01 PM	#1
Ryan Paymaster Enthusiast 1996 Ford SVT Cobra 13.36@102 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Plainfield, IL USA Posts: 661 iTrader: 0 reviews	Hooking Up a Kill Switch I'm relocating the battery to the back of the car and want to know how to hook up a kill switch? Wouldn't the alternator still run after the car was turned off? That's what I'm wondering right now, how do I hook it up and have it shut the alternator off? Thanks guys, been a while. Winter is a little slow for the car so doing stuff like this keeps me occupied. __________________ Slowly but surely creeping into the 12's on a stock N/A block...

February 24th, 2009, 12:39 PM	#2
bitemark46 Regular Join Date: May 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 384 iTrader: 0 reviews	What you have to do is disconnect the hot wire going from your dist box to the alt. Then run a separate wire from the alt back to the kill switch and hook it to the same post as the positive side of the battery is on. That way when the switch is flipped it kills the power going to the dist box AND the Alt. Now the next question is where are you going to mount your kill switch? __________________ -Mark- 98' N/A Cobra (Stock longblock) 11.79 at 114.64 (1.62 60ft)

February 24th, 2009, 07:53 PM	#3
Ryan Paymaster Enthusiast 1996 Ford SVT Cobra 13.36@102 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Plainfield, IL USA Posts: 661 iTrader: 0 reviews	Thanks a lot! I've made a bracket for that. __________________ Slowly but surely creeping into the 12's on a stock N/A block... Last edited by Ryan Paymaster; February 24th, 2009 at 08:02 PM.

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