07-01-2019, 09:09 PM
(07-01-2019, 07:25 AM)Tony Press Wrote:(07-01-2019, 07:14 AM)Roland Alcock Wrote: I once had an "incident" where my passenger had somehow pushed hard with his feet and shorted out the live battery feed. When I went to isolate the battery, the green knob type of switch, had melted and welded itself together. Fortunately the right spanners were to hand to disconnect the other battery terminal. A bit of a scare that was.....
I now use.
Roly
Wouldn't the same thing happen with this switch ?
Na! The green knob switch has a plastic insulator sleeve and this had melted away with the heat of the short. To be fair all the insulation on the battery to starter motor cable had also disintegrated. I was very fortunate that the incident didn’t end up with a fire. The battery didn’t mind the abuse and is still working well two years on.
The type of switch I now use , like the red handle one has a construction more like the bacon slicer foot switch.
Roly
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