What Is A Battery Kill Switch?

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04-11-2003, 04:59 PM

fritzfry

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or maybe a better question is what is it used for?

04-11-2003, 05:04 PM

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You push the button and the battery explodes. Usually used for when ricers won't stay away from your car when the hood is up.

It's just a switch that lets you disconnect the battery from the car so it cannot be stolen.

04-11-2003, 05:06 PM

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disconnect for the battery..usually to prevent theft

and designed to completely shut the charging in an emergency situation

04-11-2003, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by amp' date='Apr 11 2003, 02:06 PM

... designed to completely shut the charging in an emergency situation

if you go drag race @ the tracks, some of them won't let you run with a relocated battery unless you have an external killswitch

04-11-2003, 05:19 PM

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makes sense

thanks fellas

04-11-2003, 06:45 PM

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they are both right Its good for anti theft..but they are required on cars that hit a certain et..and lower...its in the nhra rule book...if you don't have it you can't run...its a safty precaution incase something happens like a fuel leak or something they can shut down your car before something happens