Remote Battery Kill Disconnect Switch Explained and How To Use It or Not
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- čas přidán 3. 01. 2024
- Here is a popular kill switch selling online everywhere, but it's clearly not for every year,make and model ...because as a battery shut off, it kills All power, so anything that needs electricity to keep a memory of a clock, seat adjustment, mirror adjustment or radio stations will be blank and cleared including maybe things stored in the cars computer.. But it can be used and wired to kill something else to deter theft..
like cutting off the fuel pump, starter solenoid power wire, neutral safety switch, the possibility is endless, just have to use your knowledge of Vehicle wiring...
as for using it on an older car with no electronics, it should be good, but I would use it to kill other things that I have noted instead of the battery cable..I wouldn't trust that relay to run all the time when engaged and to hold a load for a long time...
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another way this could work, is put it inline with the solenoid starter wire / or fuel pump circuit, so that way you're not completely disconnecting the battery but just the circuit which would enable the starter solenoid or fuel pump to engage. All depends if you have a parasitic drain, but that would need to be address first instead of using something like which fully disconnects the power.
Yes, definitely can be used to disconnect a different circuit ...
@@alyoungcuda problem is, if you lose power on the connection fob, then unless you go under the hood your stuck; that's the only negative thing I see
Thanks. I was thinking about putting one in my car.
In an older car or modern? But always make it simple to bypass incase the relay goes bad, that way it can be reversed in minutes...
Not bad overall only point of contention I have is that it is in fact a relay,...
"Relays are ELECTRICALLY operated switches that open and close the circuits by receiving ELECTRICAL signals from outside sources."
IOW: All relays are switches, but not all switches are relays. Caveat of "Being Electrically Operated" is the difference. If it's a switch that controls another circuit indirectly, it's a relay. (It relays the switch to another switch if you can parse that to make sense).
Yes, its definitely a Relay..I laugh every time someone states that..my relay switch burnt out..😆
It's designed to bypass the remote when the car is running, so you cant turn it off when the car has been started.
Maybe in a different model but this one cuts off the main power going thru the relay, so if its the battery cable, then its that, nothing will be coming out of the battery or going in like the charge from the Alternator like if thou the battery wasn't even there. But since the remote is powered by the battery which is still hooked up, it can be depressed at anytime, with or without the engine running..I did it on a Chrysler 300. It messes up all the preset settings and the clock time. Who knows on a VW it might even mess up the key fob memory and won't let the car start after it detects a dead battery...
Probably find that most car alarms/immobilisers will still operate due to them having their own source of power, yes all other systems will lose their power, so all presets etc will be lost, also most of these have a accidental cut off so you can’t kill the battery whilst it’s maintaining a certain level of power going threw them. Most are set to not operate when power is more than 13v which is especially there to stop accidental cut off whilst driving
I used it in a Chrysler 300, and it started to slow down everything that needed power from the battery even with the engine running, so yes you can still hit the button to cut the power wire off.
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Its a good cutoff to use to prevent the battery from draining..especially if its not being used, so far so good. Its been a few months and the battery has lasted. Before that it would be drained dead from all the electronics that are on when the car is off.
Ive got a new Hyundai Veloster, 6-Speed Manual Transmission...it doesnt need a battery isolated relay, hell it doesnt even need a battery; you can take the cars battery out and throw it in the trash and still drive it without. Just dump the clutch to start and your good to go...definitely wouldn't recommend doing it tho l, as it does tend to have negative effects on the vehicle after driving without a battery in it for awhile 😅 i would definitely consider investing in one of these tho, but only to wire it up to a fuel pump or something like that. I would imagine it would get very old constantly reprogramming my radio presets and time. This thing is definitely useless in a car with a manual transmission tho if you wire it up as intended
I agree
Works wery well on a MC
Random but my son would want to play with that car😅. Hmmm never looked into these kind of remotes before!
It serves a purpose for sure and it can definitely be used to cutoff other things instead of the battery power like a fuel pump wire so the battery can still work for the computer and such...the Cuda was custom made to copy my real car..😆
Ty for the video. I purchased one for my 94 chevy. Thinking about using it as an ignition or fuel kill switch
If I had to choose between the 2, I would do the fuel pump relay kill..see my latest video I did on a Chrysler with this
@@alyoungcuda I will look for the video ! Ty
i think i would hide that relay and run another neg cable going to it. idk if i'm doing it though, my 66 barracuda has a retrosound radio...i will have to figure out if i can power the clock separately
The only thing you can do is to run a seperate ground wire from the radio to the battery terminal before the relay..but I have another video of a hidden kill switch on a 66 Mustang that can be used on any car including the mopar..I will find it and attach it or look under my videos for a kill switch.
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I would put a fake dummy push switch to keep thieves from opening the hood and jumping wires
Going thru the trouble of making a fake switch, might as well put it to good use, like setting off a fast bomb, glitter bomb or even an electric shock...
@@alyoungcuda it's supposed to fool the thief into waisting more time then he willing to invest.
Hi mate it is designed that if the car is running and you press the off button nothing will happen. The car will still run .
Not on a modern car that needs battery power to run the electronics, maybe on an older car before computers, remember when people use to check the charging system by running the engine and then disconnecting the battery terminal to see if its still running or charging, new computer cars will not do that.
@@alyoungcuda you have no idea what you are talking about, put one on my 2022 BENZ and it still runs when off.
@@bondholder604 so with it off, how is the cars Alternator charging the battery back if the circuit is open...
@@alyoungcuda PULLING THE BATTERY CABLES OFF A CAR'S BATTERY does NOTHING TO ANY CAR...UNLESS the alternator is bad, then and ONLY then, will the car die.
@bondholder604 are you talking just sitting in park and at idle? Go drive the vehicle with the AC on, radio, wipers and sitting in traffic and then tell me it can run until the battery dies because someone cut the battery cable connection out.
How about install only starter solenoid wire? Can you show ?
If you want to disconnect a wire to what ever you want to cut off, that wire will be cut and connected to the big terminals on the relay, the ones with the nuts.. and the red thin wire goes to positive and the thin black wire goes to ground.
for a 1999 ford escort it works
Awesome..but it kills any radio or clock settings and hopefully no ecm settings for the engine
@@alyoungcuda My car is a 1999 Ford Escort wagon, it has a cutoff and I have to charge it in the morning. Do you recommend it so I can install it myself? Thank you.
@@loba54178 you lost me on the reply, it doesn't make sense what you are saying. It sounds like your battery dies and you want to install this cutoff..is that true? Then yes you can install it yourself
@@alyoungcuda thank you
These kill switches are designed to not shut the car off when your driving! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT GENIUS!!!!!
Guess you never drove a car with a bad battery Genius
Who's the genius with 11k subscribers than your less then 400, get your facts straight...
@@alyoungcuda having subs doesn't mean what your selling is "Gospel"! I don't get on CZcams and bull crap people! I'm not a CZcamsr, but I do know that kill switches don't shut off your car while you're driving. You are wrong - no matter how many subs you have, you're still a wet match in a dark room
@@colbolt54 ok, try it on a real car with electronics, then see if your battery ever gets recharged, your memory seats don't lose the memory, your radio stations and time on the radio stays the same, your electric mirrors and seats move to accommodate each key fobs settings for each driver and on a Volkswagen, see if cutting off the battery doesn't lose the key fobs security and see if the car starts after you shut the battery off and you need to tow it to a dealership to reset it. There's more but the Genius in me is done..😆
@@alyoungcuda your a joke! Your subs are subscribed because they want a laugh 😂😂😂😂
I have a Toyota Camry 1979 and although it has a computer, it runs fine even after a week of having the battery posts disconnect. Again get your facts straight!!!
Facts are not for every single make and model as you can see, there is not 1 size fits all on everything, and you should know that about facts.
Man are you for real, why can't you use real battery, what is this puppet show.if you are making a video for all to watch then get a real battery so we don't have to pretend that the charger is a battery, appreciate the effort.
I guess you carry spare batteries at your house, I will wait for your puppet show, until then, thanks for watching mine...